Raise The Roof Phrase Origin

Raise the roof definition.

Raise the roof phrase origin.

Raise the roof phrase. To perform with vigor. To play sing very loudly and. It probably is related to a literal roof of a house.

Meaning to elevate the consciousness is from 1970. What does raise eyebrows expression mean. Do you want the earliest cited use or something about an original meaning. Post aug 25 2005 2 2005 08 25t15 45.

If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly. Idiom to make a lot of noise by playing music celebrating shouting etc. Does anyone know the origin of the phrase raise the roof. Verb to pump it up get loud get excited etc.

And which meaning do you want lose temper or a ruckus. Jordan is trying to raise the roof. This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s. Definition of raise eyebrows in the idioms dictionary.

Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. Pickering a vocabulary or collection of words and phrases which have been supposed to be peculiar to the united states of america 1816 has a long passage on the use of raise and grow in reference to crops. Go through the roof meaning. Definition of raise the roof in the idioms dictionary.

Origin of through the roof. To play sing very loudly and enthusiastically. See more words with the same meaning. He told me you should just raise the roof on big plays when i got my dunk i did it.

To reach extreme heights. Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. See more words with the same meaning. When we have big plays that s what we do we raise the roof.