(as) nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
(as) nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
Extremely nervous. (The cat's long tail would be in danger of getting caught under a swaying rocking chair.) I was nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs as I waited for them to announce the winner.
See also: cat, chair, full, nervous, of, rocking, room
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- chair
- nervous
- rocking
- room
- tail
- LOLcat
- cat ice
- cool cat
- roof
- faster than a cat lapping chain lightning