like a cat on a hot tin roof

Related to word: cat

Idiom

Definition

  1. Describing someone who is extremely anxious and restless.

    如熱鍋上的螞蟻,坐立不安

    • He was like a cat on a hot tin roof while waiting for his interview results.

      他在等待面試結果時,就像熱鍋上的螞蟻。

    • Ever since the company announced the possibility of layoffs, she's been like a cat on a hot tin roof.

      自從公司宣布可能裁員後,她就一直像熱鍋上的螞蟻。

    • Before the competition, he was like a cat on a hot tin roof, pacing back and forth.

      比賽前,他就像熱鍋上的螞蟻,來回踱步。