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    • like a scalded cat

      1. rushing madly without regard to where one is going:

      • He leapt over the fence and was down the roadway 【like a scalded cat】 .

      2. screaming in a shrill, piercing voice:

      • But why should you squall 【like a scalded cat】 ?

      like a singed cat】 —said of smb. who is better than appearance indicates:

      • His new friend, however, proved to be 【like a singed cat】 , much better than he looked.

      Note: Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase like a cat on hot bricks

      1. ill at ease; very nervous:

      • He was like a cat on hot bricks. Scared out of his life as to what she might say.

      2. moving swiftly and nimbly:

      • A well-bred, rakinglooking sort of mare…. Beautiful action she had, stepped away like a cat on hot bricks.
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