Idiom Breakdown

through the roof

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Definition

Having risen to a very high level or amount.

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"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."
"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."
"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."
"His heartbeat increased in intensity, his hormones went through the roof, and his mind became woozy."
"That computer was high priced, and the interest was through the roof, but we got it!"
"My numbers were through the roof, and I was beating records held by some of the most successful cyclists."
"I looked in some estate agents' today – the prices are through the roof."

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