through the floor

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through the floor

  1. (figurative) Having fallen to a very low level or amount.
    Antonyms: through the roof, through the ceiling
    • 2009, Jerry Oppenheimer, Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel, page 69:
      “I was being paid in stock options, not salary increases, and my stock went through the floor,” she says.
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