"Raise the roof" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The noise should raise the roof when I enter: "Welcome, old fellow and old companion; for pity's sake don't say anything memorable to us—you should have done that when you were better able to. Sit down, old chap, and keep us company. But don't let your old age cast a shadow on us, ...
— Look Back on Happiness • Knut Hamsun
... it gave me a clew, somehow, to what Melford's nightmare was about. She was calling out, 'Help! help! help! Burglars!' till I thought she would raise the roof of the car." ...
— Between The Dark And The Daylight • William Dean Howells
... chair, and laughed wearily. "I wish I could convince somebody of my wickedness. But it seems to be useless to try. I say things that ought to raise the roof, both to you here and to Olive at home, and you tell me you don't believe me, and she tells me that Mrs. Hubbard thinks me a saint. I suppose now, that if I took you by the button-hole and informed you confidentially that I had stopped long enough at 129 Clover ...
— A Modern Instance • William Dean Howells |
