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
Mordad	-	Persian Mythology
Nanabozho	-	New World Mythology
Xaviera	-	English (Rare)
Monica	MAHN-i-kə (English)	English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman
Raakel	RAH:-kel	Finnish
Rosinha	-	Portuguese