1·She was like a cat on hot bricks before her driving test.
她考驾驶执照前十分紧张不安。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·He looked like a cat on hot bricks.
他急得像热锅上的蚂蚁。
3·Hot bricks were put under the seats at the beginning of the trip.
刚启动时，烧热的砖头被放在旅客的座位底下。
4·Like a cat on hot bricks, as you might say. I don't believe you are listening at all.
可以说你就是个热锅上的蚂蚁，你根本就没有听我说。
5·Grandma put hot bricks underd the covers at the foot of the bed to keep the little girls warm.
奶奶得在床脚下垫热砖给女儿们取暖。
6·Eg. You are like a cat on hot bricks with your running to the window to look for the postman.
你老是跑到窗口去望邮递员，真像热锅上的蚂蚁。
7·Pat was like a cat on hot bricks, for Betty had snatched her boyfriend's photo to pass it around the classroom.
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。
8·His hands are as red as freshly boiled lobster from handling hot bricks from a kiln without proper protective gloves.
由于在从砖窑取砖块的时候，没有手套的保护，他的双手通红，就想煮熟了的龙虾。
9·As the party descended, Chen's parents were like cats on hot bricks thousands of kilometres away on her campus in Wuhan.
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。
10·All the trains have been suspended due to the storm and everybody is waiting in the railway station like a cat on hot bricks.
所有火车都因为风暴停开了，每个人都像热锅里的蚂蚁一样在火车站里等待。