a cat on a hot tin roof
a cat on a hot tin roof
One who is anxious and unable to sit still or relax. A: "Why is Carrie pacing?" B: "She's waiting for the doctor to call with her test results, so she's been like a cat on a hot tin roof all day."
See also: cat, hot, on, roof, tin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
- cat on a hot tin roof
- like a cat on a hot tin roof
- be like a cat on a hot tin roof
- be on edge
- on pins and needles
- on edge
- het
- be dragging (one's) feet
- be dragging your feet
- on the road to stardom