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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Caramia	-	Various
Nogah	-	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Esma	-	Turkish, Bosnian
ValÈRe	-	French
CillÍN	-	Irish
Salathihel	-	Biblical Latin