pick

ceiling

See: HIT THE CEILING or HIT THE ROOF.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

'ceiling' on video

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

hit the ceiling

[hit the ceiling] or [hit the roof] {v. phr.}, {slang} To become violently angry; go into a rage. * /When Elaine came home at three in the morning, her father […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

roof

[roof] See: [HIT THE CEILING] or [HIT THE ROOF], [RAISE THE ROOF]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

hit the roof

[hit the roof] See: [HIT THE CEILING]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

stop up

[stop up] {v. phr.} To block; close. * /If you want to get rid of the leak, you must stop up the two holes you have in the ceiling./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Slang is

"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

Recent updates

for crying out loud

[for crying out loud] {informal} Used as an exclamation to show that you feel surprised or cross. * /For crying out loud, […]

pick a quarrel

[pick a quarrel] {v. phr.} To seek the opportunity for a fight or a quarrel. * /When Charlie has too much to drink, he has a […]

George Bernard Shaw

(1856-1950) British writer I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are, they must be using the earth as […]

local yokel

[local yokel] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} City police officer, as opposed to state police or highway patrol. […]

out of the picture

[out of the picture] {adv. phr.} No longer a possibility or in the running; rejected. * /Mark assured Carol that his ex-wife […]

Albert Einstein

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.