[Ads-l] Miscellany

[Wilson Gray]

So, there is no distinction between "_go_ through the roof" and "_be_
through the roof," though, at first glance, it seems that _being_ through
the roof is a consequence of, somehow, having first _gone_ through the roof.

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On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 3:42 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Heard on local news
> A fireman says to a reporter,
> "By the time we got here, the flames were _through the roof_."
> Is this the source of such expressions as:
>
> When she said yes, I was through the roof!
> After she had explained the concept, my enthusiasm was through the roof!
> During the concert, the fumes of Teen Spirit were through the roof!
>
> --
> -Wilson
> -----
> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
>
>

-- 
-Wilson
-----
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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