Off The Roof Expression

Fall off the roof v phr by 1930s to menstruate esp to begin a menstrual period probably a fanciful way to explain bleeding fall off the roof to phr.

Off the roof expression.

Hit the roof go through the roof phrase v inflects. If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly as well. Posted by sr on october 19 2004. Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary.

Shoot a bunny posted by ward on october 19 2004. This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s. 1960 1 to be sexually incapacitated. My anxiety level has been out the roof lately.

People often use this idiom to describe prices that shoot up quickly or stocks. Last edited on jun 04 2013. It probably is related to a literal roof of a house. Falling off the roof.

Submitted by walter rader editor from sacramento ca usa on jun 04 2013. Definition of roof in the idioms dictionary. Stairs he had become so entangled in the loose ends of the ropes that both he and his burden tumbled in a heap upon the roof and might have rolled off if tip had not. The dictionary of american slang doesn t have the expression at all.

Roof idioms by the free dictionary. I recall a rather pretentious friend read acquaintance of mine once telling her boyfriend that she d drunk an elegant sufficiency. Chapman writes in the dictionary of american slang third edition. Sergeant long will hit the roof when i tell him you ve gone off.