went through the roof

He took over the firm in 1989, and promptly started expanding. Sales went through the roof, with store openings all over the country.

Public expectations went through the roof, just as the economy's capacity to meet them collapsed.

There was much pain for the poorest. The cost of living went through the roof. The gap between rich and poor got wider, and stayed that way.

Prices are very high After Playboy clothes became popular, their prices went through the roof.

I had deadlines and projects and people breathing down my neck, and my stress levels went through the roof.

Once again, economies experienced credit crises, and debt-servicing costs went through the roof.

In the 80s, Japan's bubble economy created unsustainable growth in Tokyo and property prices in the capital went through the roof.

Your national ranking went through the roof.

had gone away, and my energy level just went through the roof.

Yet the yen didn't go into long-term decline and interest rates hardly went through the roof.

Expectations went through the roof as crowds of people (even outside the U. S. ) shouted that oft-repeated campaign slogan, "Yes we can! "

Our stock prices went through the roof last month.

And my day club went through the roof.

She went through the roof when I told her I'd crashed her car.

When I told her about breaking the window, she went through the roof.

Operating costs went through the roof last year.