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- the roof caves in
the roof caves in
the roof caves/falls in
(American) if the roof caves in, something very bad suddenly happens to you For the first six years of my life I was happy. Then my father died and the roof caved in.
See hit the ceiling, raise the roof
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Yuina | | yoo-ee-nah | Japanese |
Joselyn | | JAHS-lin, JAHS-ə-lin | English (Modern) |
Cajsa | | KIE-sah | Swedish |
Velvet | | VEL-vət | English |
Laelia | | - | Ancient Roman |
Kaisa | | KIE-sah (Finnish) | Finnish, Estonian |