As Nervous as a Cat in a Room Full of Rocking Chairs

Challenge: Cat + Chair Origin: In 1953, this phrase was used in a newspaper column as part of the phrase, “Next to living on the side of a volcano, the most hazardous existence we can think of is that of a long-tailed cat in a house full of rocking chairs.” In 1956, Tennessee Ernie Ford, an American singer and television host, used the phrase, which popularized it in the American South.