hit the ceiling

英 [hɪt ðə ˈsiːlɪŋ]

美 [hɪt ðə ˈsiːlɪŋ]

勃然大怒，极度激动

英英释义

verb

• get very angry and fly into a rage
  1. The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
  2. Spam makes me go ballistic
  Synonym:flip one's lidblow upthrow a fithit the roofhave kittenshave a fitcombustblow one's stackfly off the handleflip one's wiglose one's temperblow a fusego ballistic

双语例句

• Prices in the shops have hit the ceiling over the last few weeks.
  上几个星期，商店的价格涨得出奇的高。
• I nearly hit the ceiling when you spoke.
  你一开口就吓了我一大跳。
• Girls tend to hit the ceiling when their boyfriends keep staring straightly at other birds.
  当女孩儿们的男朋友直勾勾地老盯着其他美妞看的时候，她们很容易就勃然大怒。
• With his temper, he probably hit the ceiling.
  按他的脾气，他可能发火了。
• He hit the ceiling when he found out the radio had been broken to bits.
  当他发现收音机被人打坏时，气得大发雷霆。
• Yesterday, when she again missed the deadline for a report, he hit the ceiling and fired her on the spot.
  当她的老板听说她又没能在限期前写完一个报告，他火冒三丈，当时就解雇了她。
• He hit the ceiling when he was informed that he was fired.
  他暴跳如雷，因为有人通知他被解雇了。
• When Elaine came home at three in the morning, her father hit the ceiling.
  伊兰凌晨3点回家，她的父亲大发脾气。
• Your father will hit the ceiling if he catches you.
  要是你爸爸看到你在做什么，他一定会很生气。
• The boss will hit the ceiling when he finds that we've overrun the budget.
  如果老板发现我们超出预算，他会暴跳如雷的。