hit the ceiling

• hit the ceiling

hit the ceiling

Verb

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"

Synonyms:

• flip one's lid
• blow up
• throw a fit
• hit the roof
• hit the ceiling
• have kittens
• have a fit
• combust
• blow one's stack
• fly off the handle
• flip one's wig
• lose one's temper
• blow a fuse
• go ballistic