through the roof
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Figuratively, Idiomatic Having risen to a very high level or amount.
- Fuel prices have gone through the roof since last fall.
- When I found out fuel prices are through the roof this winter, I hit the roof.
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- Soybean meal prices have gone through the roof — they're over $100 a ton, back to war-time levels — because of heavy exports and a short 1953 crop.1954, Farm Journal, volume 78, page 18:
- With 16 minutes left on the clock and the tension climbing through the roof, Trinh-Duc tried his luck with a penalty from just inside halfway only to push it wide, but the unthinkable now seemed a real possibility.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:
- His heartbeat increased in intensity, his hormones went through the roof, and his mind became woozy.2014, Kwame Owusu-Baafi, Through the Eyes of the Spirit, page 136:
- That computer was high priced, and the interest was through the roof, but we got it!2011, Kaleda Carthran, Looking Through the Mirrors of Me: The Life of Kaleda Carthran:
- Derived terms
- through the wazoo
- Related terms
- off the charts, off-the-charts