LIKE A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (BRIT. ALSO ON HOT BRICKS)

Meaning of LIKE A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (BRIT. ALSO ON HOT BRICKS) in English

like a cat on a hot tin roof ( Brit. also on hot bricks)

informal

very agitated or anxious.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOT — hot BrE AmE hɒt AmE hɑːt ▷ hots hɒts AmE hɑːts ▷ hotted ˈhɒt ɪd -əd AmE ˈhɑːt̬ əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOT — / hɒt; NAmE hɑːt/ adjective , verb ■ adjective ( hot·ter , hot·test ) TEMPERATURE 1. having a high temperature; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOT — adj., v., & adv. adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1. a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Oxford English vocab
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — ( hotter, hottest, hots, hotting, hotted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cold/warm/hot spell ▪ There was a very cold spell in late November. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOT — INDEX: 1. objects/surfaces/liquids 2. food/drink 3. room/place/weather 4. warm, but not hot 5. when you feel hot 6. clothes that …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — See ↑ FASHIONABLE/NOT FASHIONABLE 1, ↑ HOT 1,2,3,5, ↑ TASTE 6, ↑ WEATHER 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ baking/baking hot • …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — adj. 25B6; adjective hot food : HEATED, piping (hot), sizzling, steaming, roasting, boiling (hot), searing, scorching, scalding, red-hot. a hot …
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ON — 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. ) …
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALSO — anc; (moreover) adplu
English interlingue dictionary
ALSO — din (deictic or demonstrative pronoun) man (deictic or demonstrative pronoun) may;pod (deictic or demonstrative pronoun) ra (deictic or demonstrative pronoun) …
English-Visayan vocabulary
BRIT — I. noun Date: 1901 ~on 2, II. abbreviation ~ain; ~ish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALSO — adverb see: so Date: before 12th century likewise 1, in addition ; besides , too
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIN — Metallic chemical element , chemical symbol Sn, atomic number 50. It is a soft, silvery white metal with a bluish …
Английский словарь Британика
ROOF — Covering of the top of a building. Roofs have been constructed in a wide variety of forms flat, pitched, vaulted, …
Английский словарь Британика
ROOF — I. ˈrüf, ˈru̇f, dial ˈrəf noun ( plural roofs -fs ; also rooves ˈrüvz) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAT — I. ˈkat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRIT — I. noun or britt ˈbrit ( -s ) Etymology: modification of Cornish brȳthel mackerel, literally, speckled, from brȳth speckled + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRIT — (n.) Alt. of Britt
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ALSO — (adv. & conj.) Even as; as; so.
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BRIT — ( n. ) Alt. of Britt
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIN — — tinlike , adj. /tin/ , n., adj., v., tinned, tinning . n. 1. Chem. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROOF — — rooflike , adj. /roohf, roof/ , n. , pl. roofs , v. n. 1. the external upper covering of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRIT — /brit/ , n. Informal. Briton (def. 1). [ 1900-05; by shortening ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRIT — /brit/ , n. 1. the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales. 2. the young of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALSO — /awl"soh/ , adv. 1. in addition; too; besides; as well: He was thin, and he was also tall. 2. likewise; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIN — adj. of tin, made from tin, consisting of tin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BRIT — n. small herring
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ROOF — I. ˈrüf, ˈru̇f noun ( plural roofs ˈrüfs, ˈru̇fs also ˈrüvz, ˈru̇vz) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrōf; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRIT — I. ˈbrit noun Date: 1901 : Briton 2 II. abbreviation Britain; British
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