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on the house: something given for free by a restaurant
→ When the waiter realized it was my birthday, he said dessert was on the house.
hit the roof: get really angry
→ Lauren hit the roof when she found out her brother borrowed the car without asking her.
drive someone up the wall: drive someone nuts/crazy
→ The Smiths make noise late at night. Their parties drive the neighbors up the wall.
bring down the house: have an audience become very excited
→ It was a good concert from the beginning, but when the band played its biggest hit, they brought down the house.
go through the roof: become very high in value
→ When the new mall was built in town, prices of homes went through the roof.
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