| 释义 |
a cat on a hot tin roof a cat on a hot tin roofOne 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, tincat on a hot tin roofA 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 |