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Does it make sense if you translate it literally? If it does, it's not an idiom. Have you ever seen anyone actually hit a ceiling? No, so this must be an idiom.

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What is the meaning of the idiom 'hit the ceiling'?

"Hit the ceiling" means to lose your temper and really get angry. The image is of a person getting so angry that when they jump up and down, their head hits the ceiling. You would use this idiom in a case where something really bad has happened, and you anticipate that someone will become furious as soon as they find out. When Dad finds out that I wrecked his car, he is going to hit the ceiling!


What is the idiom that means to suddenly become angry?

I'm about to explode! Flew off the handle, blew up, hit the ceiling or roof


Who said and did this Drink me the label said then she hit the corridor ceiling with her head?

Alice from wonderland


What does the idiom reach for the sky mean?

"Sky high" just means very high. You usually hear this as "blown sky high," which would mean either (literally) something exploded and was thrown high in the air, or (figuratively) that someone's plans were thoroughly destroyed.


Who originally said the idiom - Damned if you do damned if you don't?

Rolf Harris This expression is not an idiom.


Is hit the roof an angry idiom?

The expression "hit the roof" is idiomatic because you cannot tell from its constituent parts what it means. Here is an example sentence: "My father is going to hit the roof when he sees that scratch I got on his car!"


Who is the inventor of the idiom the taste of your own medicine?

Nobody really knows who first said this idiom.


What is the idiom hit the rails on your hand?

I have never heard this expression before. I suspect you heard something incorrectly. You should ask whoever said it to explain the meaning. There IS an idiom that says "hit the nail on the head" which means that someone conveyed exactly the right information or got something perfectly correct


What is a idiom for study hard?

"Hit the books."


Is hit the sack an idiom?

Yes because you are not literally hitting a sack.


Can you give a sentence using the idiom hit the books?

"Hit the books" is a sentence.


What is a sentence using the phrase hit the roof?

(The idiom "hit the roof" suggests that someone will be very angered or enraged, figuratively mad enough to leap into the air. Also go through the roof, hit the ceiling)"Dad is going to hit the roof when he sees the room service charges.""Bob hit the roof when he discovered that Bob had once again consumed all of the beer."