Raise The Roof Phrase Origin

Does anyone know the origin of the phrase raise the roof.

Raise the roof phrase origin.

Definition of raise the roof in the idioms dictionary. To perform with vigor. Jordan is trying to raise the roof. Raise the roof phrase.

Origin of through the roof. What does raise the roof expression mean. Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. Idiom to make a lot of noise by playing music celebrating shouting etc.

A dancing motion where by the participant pushes both hands up in the air as if performing a soulful military press with the hands open and facing up towards the ceiling. He told me you should just raise the roof on big plays when i got my dunk i did it. This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s. To play sing very loudly and enthusiastically.

To reach extreme heights. Do you want the earliest cited use or something about an original meaning. See more words with the same meaning. What does raise eyebrows expression mean.

Post aug 25 2005 2 2005 08 25t15 45. And which meaning do you want lose temper or a ruckus. When we have big plays that s what we do we raise the roof. Go through the roof meaning.

Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. Pickering a vocabulary or collection of words and phrases which have been supposed to be peculiar to the united states of america 1816 has a long passage on the use of raise and grow in reference to crops. If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly. Verb to pump it up get loud get excited etc.

Usually done in groups. To play sing very loudly and. Raise the roof definition. See more words with the same meaning.