一日一成语【18】hit the ceiling/roof

hit the ceiling/roof

不管是ceiling(天花板)还是roof(屋顶)，在通常情况下人的手是碰不到的，要能够hit the ceiling/roof (打到天花板/屋顶)，非要跳起来不可，而且要跳得很高才行。这不禁使我们想起了“暴跳如雷”这一说法，不错，hit the ceiling和暴跳如雷的确是同一个意思，是一个勃然大怒的人才会做的动作：

When Mary came home at two o’clock in the morning, her father hit the ceiling.
当玛丽在清晨两点钟回家时，她的父亲勃然大怒。

My father always hits the roof when I come home with an “F”, but he never does anything to help me or even give me some advice.
每当我得了个“F”回家时，父亲总是暴跳如雷，但是他从不帮助我，也不给我任何忠告。

He hits the ceiling at the mere mention of his unsuccessful love affair with Emily.
一提到他和埃米莉之间不成功的罗曼史，他就要大发雷霆。