On The Roof Idiom

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On the roof idiom.

The roof caves in. This term alludes to climbing on a roof so as to be heard by more people. The roof falls in. The roof caves in.

To inhale alcohol at such a level that you cannot see. Live under the same roof. An alternative definition for this idiom is to become extremely angry. Cat on a hot tin roof a southernism that meant someone who was on edge or nervous.

Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops c. Snow on the roof. Under the same roof. A similar phrase using housetops appears in the new testament luke 12 3.

The roof falls in. To rise to a very high level. People often use this idiom to describe prices that shoot up quickly or stocks. Under one the same roof.

Roof over one s head a. The phrase survives as the title of tennessee williams s 1955 pulitzer prize winning drama. My parents are going to hit the roof if they find out we had a party here. Like a cat on hot bricks.

Roof over one s head. If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly as well. To rise to a very high level. Cat hot on roof tin.

Skited without any worry of consequence. Raise the roof to. Under one roof under the same roof phrase phr after v v link phr. Snow on the roof.

7 if a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof they are in the same building. To be mortal with drink. The boss hit the roof when he saw that we d already blown through the budget. To get very angry.

Go through the roof meaning. To become extremely angry or upset. Under one the same roof. An all day bender.

To be out of control on the bevy. Keyed up to the roof. Like a cat on a hot tin roof. Roof over one s head.

In this sense the phrase is being used metaphorically. Raise the roof to. On the roof to be absolutely burst out your tree on the bevy.