汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 热锅上的蚂蚁
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
Describe the appearance of being upset, anxious, fidgeting
形容心里烦躁、焦急,坐立不安的样子。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他急得像热锅上的蚂蚁

He looked like a cat on hot bricks.

考试的时间到了,可那女孩一时找不到笔,急得像热锅上的蚂蚁

It is time for exam, but the girl can not find her pen at the moment; she is now all in a pucker.

帕特急如热锅上的蚂蚁,因为贝蒂抢走了她男朋友的相片给同学传看。

Pat was like a cat on hot bricks, for Betty had snatched her boyfriend's photo to pass it around the classroom.

他们三个都很高兴,但第四个伙伴急得像热锅上的蚂蚁,咒骂上帝并用头撞墙。

All three of them are happy until they see their last buddy jumping all over the place, cursing God and banging his head on the wall.

10点半,爸爸把一些潮虾放进锅里,这些虾急得像热锅上的蚂蚁,活蹦乱跳的。

30, Dad put some tide shrimp into the pot, these shrimp anxious like ants on a hot pan, alive and kicking.

在登山队下山过程中,在数千公里外的中国地质大学(武汉校区)里,陈晨的父母急得就像热锅上的蚂蚁

As the party descended, Chen's parents were like cats on hot bricks thousands of kilometres away on her campus in Wuhan.