rè​guō​shàng​de​mǎ​yǐ

cat on a hot tin roof

热锅上的蚂蚁 熱鍋上的螞蟻 rè​guō​shàng​de​mǎ​yǐ
cat on a hot tin roof
(metaphor) someone who is extremely anxious, agitated, or unable to sit still because of worry
at the end of one's rope
(metaphor) trapped in a desperate situation with no way out

Frequency

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0.339 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)