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Jan 2015
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018 - English Expressions for Extreme Em...

SHAYNA OLIVEIRA
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#1 - “My boss hit the ceiling when I told him I’d lost the documents.”

The idiomatic expression “hit the ceiling” means to get very angry and upset. Other expressions for sudden anger include “go ballistic” and “blow a fuse.”

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