“Hitting the ceiling” Meaning: To suddenly become very angry or frustrated, or to reach a limit. 📍If someone rides a scooter up onto the back of a car and hits the roof, you could say, 🗣️“Well, talk about hitting the ceiling, literally!” 📍In a business context, if a project runs over budget and the manager gets extremely upset, someone might say, 🗣️ “When the boss saw the numbers, he really hit the ceiling.” 📍This idiom can also be used to describe someone in their career who has reached th