To “raise the roof” means to show great enthusiasm, but it’s taken literally in the pun:
Q: How do construction workers party?
A: They raise the roof.
The joke was posed on the website Pun of the Day on December 24, 2013.
The Free Dictionary
raise the roof
1. to show great enthusiasm.
2. to complain loudly
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1. How do construction workers party? They raise the roof.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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