nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
Meaning
Adjective
- Extremely nervous.
Origin
- More elaborate form of nervous as a cat. Implication is that cat is afraid of its long tail being caught under a rocker.
Modern English dictionary
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