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Re: Hit the roof

Posted by Smokey Stover on March 03, 2009 at 03:15

In Reply to: Re: Hit the roof posted by Joe on March 02, 2009 at 15:56:

: : Where did "hit the roof" originate from?

: The American Heritage Dictionary of Idiomsı - Page 303
: by Christine Ammer - Reference - 1997 - 729 pages

: The first expression dates from the early 1900s; the second is a version of a
: 16th-century locution, up in the house roof or house-top, meaning "enraged. ...
: Have a Nice Day--no Problem!: A Dictionary of Clichésı - Page 171
: by Christine Ammer - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1992 - 454 pages

: ... hit the spot century, to be "up in the house roof (or "at the house-top"),
: meaning to be enraged

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