cat on a hot tin roof



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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Webb[web]
Liz['liz]
Therasia-Late Roman
EnsioEN-see-oFinnish
Neus-Catalan
StaciSTAY-seeEnglish