2023年1月17日 星期二

mansard roof. go through the roof (also hit the roof, hit the ceiling or roof. ), full compensation, hitting the debt ceiling,



 “His precise, elegant drawings are often set in a Paris that even Parisians dream of: a city of mansard roofs, high windows and wrought-iron balconies, where all the cars still look like Deux Chevaux or 1950s Citroëns.”


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He arrived at the Fed ready to tighten policy until interest rates went through the roof. This caused fury and despair

He died earlier this month aged 92
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 mansard roof的翻譯. 中文(簡體). 折线形屋顶,复折式屋顶,曼萨尔式屋顶… 
Mansard definition ; The upper story formed by the lower slope of a mansard roof. noun ; (of a roof) Having two slopes on each side, the lower being steeper than ...


go through the roof
1. Also, hit the ceiling or roof. Lose one's temper, become very angry, as in Marge went through the roof when she heard she'd been fired. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]
2. Reach new or unexpected heights, as in After the war, food prices went through the roof. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

to rise to a very high level:
Prices have gone through the roof.

C2 informal
(also hit the roof)
to get very angry:
When I was expelled from school, my parents went through the roof.

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