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HIT THE CEILING

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There is 1 meaning of the phrase Hit The Ceiling.

Hit The Ceiling - as a verb

Get very angry and fly into a rage

Example: "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
blow a fuseblow one's stackblow upcombust13flip one's lidflip one's wigfly off the handlego ballistichave a fithave kittenshit the rooflose one's temperthrow a fit

Example Sentences

"When I told my parents I wanted to drop out of college, they hit the ceiling."
"My boss hit the ceiling when he found out I had accidentally deleted all of the company's files."
"I knew my dad would hit the ceiling if he found out I crashed his car."
"The teacher hit the ceiling when she caught the students cheating on the test."
"My mom hit the ceiling when she saw the mess we made in the living room."
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