English Explanatory Dictionary

like a cat on a hot tin roof

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase

Jumpy, nervous.

Pronunciation

En-au-like a cat on a hot tin roof.ogg

Word forms

like a cat on a hot tin roof

Etymology

A simile developed from the behaviour of a cat observed on a hot tin roof.

Previous

Next

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on L Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary