going through the roof

The amount of contingent labor, especially in a field like English, is going through the roof.

Before, she was pre-diabetic and “my cholesterol was going through the roof,” Davis said.

"The fundraising is going through the roof… we were not doing very well before in that. The change in leadership has been all the difference," she said.

“We feel like our needs are not being met. People our age are taking really important life steps. We're getting our first jobs, thinking about starting a family…but if you look around Europe, rent prices are going through the roof - and it’s hard to get work.”

“The rate of increase is really going through the roof,” said Jeremiah Foley, a scientist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, as he steered a small research boat through one of the river’s tributaries near East Haddam, Conn., northeast of New Haven.