hit the ceiling / hit the roof - to get extremely angry; become furious
* If I’m late again he’ll hit the roof.
* I’m afraid she’ll hit the roof when she finds out our vacation is cancelled.
* She really hit the ceiling when she found out what happened.
* My dad will probably hit the ceiling when he finds out I've been ditching school.
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In cold blood - showing no passion; deliberately.
* The actual use of the bomb in cold blood on Hiroshima is the most horrible single act so far performed.
* Three men were charged with the killing, in cold blood, of a French tourist last summer.
* An unarmed boy was shot in cold blood outside his home yesterday.
* The judge found that John had murdered his wife cruelly and in cold blood
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alive and kicking - (of a person) active and in good health.
*Is your uncle still alive and kicking?
*But the sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country.
*She said she’d seen him last week and he was alive and kicking.
* A man has got to keep himself all alive and kicking, or where would his business be?
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to be under the weather - not in good health.
* You look a bit under the weather.
* I’m feeling a little under the weather – I think I may have caught a cold.
* You've been under the weather for some days now, why don't you see a doctor?
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(as) fit as a fiddle - in very good health
* My grandmother’s 89, but she’s as fit as a fiddle.
* ‘Have you had any news of your horse this morning?’
‘Yes, he's fit as a fiddle.’
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not right in the head - mentally unsound, to be mentally ill.
* Physically, she's quite healthy for ninety, but we suspect she's not right in the head.
* If I walk in looking like that, they’ll think I’m not right in the head.
* His aunt’s not right in the head, poor soul – you sometimes see her wandering up the street in her nightie.
* He isn't to be trusted any more, Paul. He isn't right in his head.
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common ground - an agreed basis, accepted by both or all parties, for identifying issues in an argument.
* Edith smiled at him... hoping she had at last found some common ground.
* Often parents and teenagers have little common ground.
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to be in the seventh heaven - to be extremely happy.
* We got Darren a puppy for Christmas, and he was in the seventh heaven.
* Now that he’s been promoted he’s in the seventh heaven.
* Since they got married they’ve been in the seventh heaven.
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to be in deep water - to be in a tricky position or in trouble.
* The company is in deep water over their refusal to reduce prices.
* I think we’re getting into deep water here talking about gender issues.
* We’re going to be in deep water if the bank refuses to authorize a bigger loan.
* I have not suffered as you have. But - I have been in rather deep water too, in another way.
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have had it - to be so angry about something that you do not want to continue with it or even think about it any more; to have reached the end of one's endurance or tolerance.
You can use the expression have had it up to here. When it is used with up to here, it can be accompanied by a gesture, such as the hand held at the neck.
* I've had it with their delays.
* Okay, I've had it. You, kids, go to bed this instant.
* We've all had it up to here with you, John. Get out!
* I've had it! From now on they can clear up their own mess.