like a cat on a hot tin roof
(UK old-fashioned like a cat on hot bricks)Definition
› describes someone who is in a state of extreme nervous worryAnxious and worried
(Definition of like a cat on a hot tin roof from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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lightweight adjective (NOT SERIOUS)
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lightweight noun (NOT SERIOUS)
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Synonyms and related words:
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter adjective
- anxious adjective (WORRIED)
- apprehensive adjective
- fret verb
- fretful adjective
- frightened adjective
- fuss verb (GIVE ATTENTION TO)
- get in a sweat idiom
- never fear idiom
- oppressed adjective (FEELINGS)
- overwrought adjective
- perturbed adjective
- pit of your stomach idiom
- uncomfortable adjective
- uneasy adjective
- unquiet adjective
- unsettled adjective (WORRIED)
- uptight adjective
Topic:
Anxious and worried
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