bite (one's) nails

1. Literally, to chew on one's fingernails and shorten them. I wish I didn't bite my nails, but it's been such a hard habit to try to break. My sister gets regular manicures to keep from biting her nails.

2. To nervously await something. I've been biting my nails ever since I submitted my application for my first-choice college.

bite one's nails

1. to use one's teeth to remove parts of one's fingernails as a means of shortening them. Stop biting your nails! Use clippers!

2. to literally bite one's nails from nervousness or anxiety; to be nervous or anxious. I spent all afternoon biting my nails, worrying about you. We've all been biting our nails from worry.

bite one's nails

Exhibit signs of anxiety, impatience, or nervousness, as in We'll be biting our nails till the jury comes back. Biting one's fingernails is a time-honored sign of emotional tension. The Roman satirist Horace described it about 35 b.c.: "As he wrought his verse he would often ... gnaw his nails to the quick" ( Satires, Book 1).

bite your ˈnails/ˈfingernails

feel very excited, nervous, or afraid ▶ ˈnail-biting adj. very exciting or tense: What an exciting movie that was — real nail-biting stuff!

词组	bite (one's) nails
释义	bite (one's) nails bite (one's) nails 1. Literally, to chew on one's fingernails and shorten them. I wish I didn't bite my nails, but it's been such a hard habit to try to break. My sister gets regular manicures to keep from biting her nails. 2. To nervously await something. I've been biting my nails ever since I submitted my application for my first-choice college. See also: bite, nail Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. bite one's nails 1. to use one's teeth to remove parts of one's fingernails as a means of shortening them. Stop biting your nails! Use clippers! 2. to literally bite one's nails from nervousness or anxiety; to be nervous or anxious. I spent all afternoon biting my nails, worrying about you. We've all been biting our nails from worry. See also: bite, nail McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. bite one's nails Exhibit signs of anxiety, impatience, or nervousness, as in We'll be biting our nails till the jury comes back. Biting one's fingernails is a time-honored sign of emotional tension. The Roman satirist Horace described it about 35 b.c.: "As he wrought his verse he would often ... gnaw his nails to the quick" ( Satires, Book 1). See also: bite, nail The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. bite your ˈnails/ˈfingernails feel very excited, nervous, or afraid ▶ ˈnail-biting adj. very exciting or tense: What an exciting movie that was — real nail-biting stuff! See also: bite, fingernail, nail Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: bite nails bite one's nails bite your nails/fingernails fingernail hang on by (one's) fingernails cling on by (one's) fingernails break (one's) habit break a habit break a/the habit be (as) hard as nails
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