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Complete Definition of "like a cat on a hot tin roof"

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

Idiom
like a cat on a hot tin roof Category:English idioms

  1. context|mainly US|simile jumpy|Jumpy, nervous.

Usage notes
Once said as like a cat on hot bricks, but this form is less common because of the 1955 play and subsequent movie titled w:Cat on a Hot Tin Roof|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Category:Cats

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