'hit the ceiling' definitions:
Definition of 'hit the ceiling'
From: WordNet
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" [syn: 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]
Synonyms of 'hit the ceiling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- bellow,
- blow a fuse,
- blow a gasket,
- blow up,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- come apart,
- excite easily,
- explode,
- fire up,
- flame up,
- flare up,
- flash up,
- flip,
- fly out,
- get excited,
- go into hysterics,
- have a tantrum,
- rage,
- ramp,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rave,
- run a temperature,
- seethe,
- smolder,
- storm,
- take fire,
- turn a hair