cat on a hot tin roof, like a

like a cat on a hot tin roof (or on hot bricks)

very agitated, restless, or anxious.See also: cat, hot, like, on, roof, tin

cat on a hot tin roof, like a

Skittish, nervous, ill at ease. A similar analogy—“like a cat on a hot bake-stone”—appeared in John Ray’s Proverbs of 1678. It was later replaced by “like a cat on hot bricks,” still used in the mid-twentieth century, but Tennessee Williams preferred the more picturesque “hot tin roof ” for the title of his 1955 play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.See also: cat, hot, like, on, tin

cat on a hot tin roof

A Southernism that meant someone who was on edge or nervous. The phrase survives as the title of Tennessee Williams's 1955 Pulitzer Prize–winning drama.See also: cat, hot, on, roof, tin

单词	cat on a hot tin roof, like a
释义	cat on a hot tin roof, like a like a cat on a hot tin roof (or on hot bricks) very agitated, restless, or anxious.See also: cat, hot, like, on, roof, tin cat on a hot tin roof, like a Skittish, nervous, ill at ease. A similar analogy—“like a cat on a hot bake-stone”—appeared in John Ray’s Proverbs of 1678. It was later replaced by “like a cat on hot bricks,” still used in the mid-twentieth century, but Tennessee Williams preferred the more picturesque “hot tin roof ” for the title of his 1955 play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.See also: cat, hot, like, on, tin cat on a hot tin roof A Southernism that meant someone who was on edge or nervous. The phrase survives as the title of Tennessee Williams's 1955 Pulitzer Prize–winning drama.See also: cat, hot, on, roof, tin
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