1. Go out the window(字面:从窗户出去) -- 核心语义:事物完全消失或失效 -- 使用场景:多指计划、规则、理性等抽象概念的彻底丧失 -- 例句: "All our careful planning went out the window when the client changed requirements." ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
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【go out the window】 —(of laws, principles, etc.) be abandoned:
All rules went out the window. What was important was getting people into the helicopter and getting them out of the flooding.
【go through the ceiling】 —(also: go through the roof )
1. (of prices, sales, etc.) increase very rapidly; surpass the expected limit:
People are buying here because real estate costs in Boston have gone through the ceiling.
2. show extreme anger about smth.:
A lot of the kids I’ve interviewed have parents who would 【go through the ceiling】 if they thought their kids were doing drugs.