through the roof

English

Adverb

through the roof (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Rapidly increasing.

   Fuel prices have gone through the roof since last Fall.

   • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, BBC Sport:

     With 16 minutes left on the clock and the tension climbing through the roof, Trinh-Duc tried his luck with a penalty from just inside halfway only to push it wide, but the unthinkable now seemed a real possibility.

Translations

rapidly increasing

Adjective

through the roof (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Suddenly very high or excessive.

   Fuel prices are through the roof this Winter.

Translations

suddenly very high or excessive

• Chinese:

  Simplified: 快速增长

• Russian: до небес (ru) (do nebés) , выше крыши (ru) (výše krýšy) 

See also

• off the charts
• off-the-charts