ヤンミさんの おぼえた日記 - 2013年8月21日(水)

Relationship breakup

Denny must have hit the roof.

hit the roof :
or hit the ceiling
informal : to become very angry or upset
▪ His parents really hit the roof when they found out he had flunked out of school.

flunk out :
[phrasal verb] US, informal : to be required to leave a school because you have failed your courses
▪ He tried going to college, but he flunked out after one year. — often + of ▪ He flunked out of college.

hit the nail on the head :
informal : to be exactly right
▪ He hit the nail on the head with that analysis.

even worse

I heard their marriage was on the rocks.

on the rocks :
having a lot of problems and likely to fail
▪ Their marriage is on the rocks. [=in trouble]

June walked out on Denny.

X walks out on Y :
to leave (someone) suddenly and unexpectedly : to abandon or desert (someone)
▪ He walked out on his wife and children.

He treated her like a doormat.

doormat :
informal : someone who is treated badly by other people and does not complain
▪ She was tired of being a doormat and decided it was time to stand up for herself.

When she left, she took everything but kitchen sink.

everything but kitchen sink :
▪ When he goes on vacation he takes along everything but the kitchen sink. [=an extremely large number of things]

I'm sorry things didn't pan out for them.

pun out for :
to have the end or result that you want : to succeed or turn out well
▪ If things don't pan out [=work out] here, I'll move back to the city.
▪ Her plans never panned out.
▪ He applied for a number of jobs and is hoping that one of them will pan out. [=hoping that he will get one of the jobs]