be on edge
be on edge
To be anxious and tense. A: "Why is Carrie pacing?" B: "She's waiting for the doctor to call with her test results, so she's been on edge all day."
See also: edge, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- on edge
- on pins and needles
- like a cat on a hot tin roof
- be like a cat on a hot tin roof
- cat on a hot tin roof
- a cat on a hot tin roof
- het
- as the case may be
- be a (something) in the making
- crisis