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
Dejen	-	Eastern African, Amharic
MichÈLe	mee-SHEL	French
Araceli	ah-rah-THE-lee (Spanish), ah-rah-SE-lee (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Orsolya	-	Hungarian
Mamie	MAY-mee	English
Agurtzane	-	Basque