the roof falls/caves inSERIOUS SITUATION informal especially American EnglishAmE if the roof falls in or caves in, something bad suddenly happens to you when you do not expect it 飞来横祸；突遭不幸the roof falls/caves in• It may not be long before the roof falls in.• The Warriors were leading, with only a few minutes of the game to go, when the roof fell in.
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