This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s.
Throw off the roof meaning.
You are taking certain overconfident steps that might lead to disastrous results.
To dream about falling off a roof indicates that you do not have a firm grip of your current position.
If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly as well.
She took one look at my hair and hit the roof.
To rid oneself of someone or something.
To rise to a very high level.
This referred to the defenestration which had occurred in prague s city hall.
If someone goes through the roof or hits the roof they suddenly become very angry and usually show their anger by shouting at someone.
The term was coined around the time of an incident in prague castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the thirty years war this was done in good bohemian style.
To hurl or cast someone or something off.
To get very angry.
When i told my mother she went through the roof.
The horse threw its rider off as it bucked wildly.
Hit the roof go through the roof phrase v inflects sergeant long will hit the roof when i tell him you ve gone off.
People often use this idiom to describe prices that shoot up quickly or stocks.
Verb to free oneself from.
You thought you had certain protections but you are reaching beyond your capability.
6 if a group of people inside a building raise the roof they make a very loud noise for example by singing or shouting.
Compare with go through the ceiling.
Defenestration from old french fenestre inherited from latin fenestra is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
To rise to a very high level.
It probably is related to a literal roof of a house.
To cast someone or something out.
Compare with hit the ceiling.
A noun or pronoun can be used between throw and off i ve had a bad.