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."

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

See also:

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

References in periodicals archive

TENNESSEE Williams's tour de force A Cat On A Hot Tin Roof will be performed at Theatr Gwynedd in the coming week.

Curtain Call: Deep South life in raw

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