raise the roof

[raise the roof] {v. phr.}, {informal}

1. To make a lot of noise; be happy and noisy.

* /The gang raised the roof with their singing./

2. To scold loudly.

* /Mother raised the roof when she saw the dog's muddy footprints on her new bedspread./

Compare: KICK UP A FUSS, RAISE CAIN.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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