English Explanatory Dictionary

scrape someone off the ceiling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Used to describe the response to someone who is either experiencing great pain, who is very frightened, or is very elated.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scrape someone off the ceiling.wav

Word forms

scrape someone off the ceiling scrapes someone off the ceiling scraping someone off the ceiling scraped someone off the ceiling

Synonyms

pull someone off the ceiling peel someone off the ceiling

Related words

hit the roof
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