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hit the ceiling

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Verb1.hit the ceiling - get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit, blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust
rage - feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"
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LAPD Chief William Bratton hit the ceiling when the usual-suspect police critics pounded the department for the videotaped apparent beating of William Cardenas and the pepper-spraying of transient Benjamin Barker.
CHIEF SHOULD BE LAST WORD ON DISCIPLINE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
My knees hit the ceiling and I crawled toward the port side, hoping to abort a complete rollover.
She Did It! by BOAT/U.S. Magazine
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard said: "It's clear to us that we hit the ceiling in our industry.
Recovery seen to be returning to Ventura County by Mullen, Liz / Los Angeles Business Journal
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