Go through the roof slang 1.
Going through the roof origin.
Go through the roof definition.
In 1946 eric hodgins in his popular novel mr.
Also to lose one s temper.
Go through the roof to to rise unexpectedly high.
Blandings builds his dream house wrote the knapp sales curves were going through the roof.
In 1946 eric hodgins in his popular novel mr.
To rise to a very high level.
If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly as well.
Both meanings date from the mid twentieth century the first slightly antedating the second.
Go through the roof to to rise unexpectedly high.
Also to lose one s temper.
To rise to a very high level.
How to use go through the roof in a sentence.
To grow intensify or rise to an enormous often unexpected degree.
To get very angry.
Blandings builds his dream house wrote the knapp sales curves were going through the roof.
Go through the roof meaning.
Operating costs went through the roof last year.
To reach extreme heights.
This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s.
It probably is related to a literal roof of a house.