On The Roof Idiom

Cat on a hot tin roof a southernism that meant someone who was on edge or nervous.

On the roof idiom.

Raise lift the roof phrase v inflects he raised the roof at the conference when he sang his own version of the socialist anthem the red flag. Go through the roof meaning. Keyed up to the roof. That which ye have spoken.

An alternative definition for this idiom is to become extremely angry. Under one the same roof. In this sense the phrase is being used metaphorically. Roof over one s head.

My parents are going to hit the roof if they find out we had a party here. Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops c. Under the same roof. Like a cat on hot bricks.

The phrase survives as the title of tennessee williams s 1955 pulitzer prize winning drama. The roof caves in. A similar phrase using housetops appears in the new testament luke 12 3. The boss hit the roof when he saw that we d already blown through the budget.

Like a cat on a hot tin roof. To rise to a very high level. Cat hot on roof tin. Roof over one s head.

On the roof to be absolutely burst out your tree on the bevy. People often use this idiom to describe prices that shoot up quickly or stocks. Snow on the roof. The roof falls in.

The roof caves in. Raise the roof to. Raise the roof to. Skited without any worry of consequence.

To become extremely angry or upset. The roof falls in. Roof over one s head a. To be out of control on the bevy.

Under one roof under the same roof phrase phr after v v link phr. Roof over one s head a. To be mortal with drink. To have a skin full.

This term alludes to climbing on a roof so as to be heard by more people. An all day bender. Snow on the roof. 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 get very angry. To rise to a very high level. Live under the same roof.