the roof falls in
the roof caves in
The situation collapses; everything goes wrong. Typically used in the past tense. I was living paycheck to paycheck and getting by OK, but then the roof caved in. I lost my job, and then my car and my house.
See also: cave, roof
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
the roof falls in
a disaster occurs; everything goes wrong.See also: fall, roof
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- the roof caves in
- big ticket
- big-ticket
- under the table
- be just before you're generous
- generous
- deduck
- out of the hole
- knew it was coming
- know (something) is coming