on pins and needles

Related to on pins and needles: feel like a million

on pins and needles

Anxious and tense. (Likely an allusion to the tingling sensation that occurs when blood flow returns to a numb limb.) A: "Why is Carrie pacing?" B: "She's waiting for the doctor to call with her test results, so she's been on pins and needles all day."

See also: and, needle, on, pin

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

on pins and needles

Fig. anxious; in suspense. I've been on pins and needles all day, waiting for you to call with the news. We were on pins and needles until we heard that your plane had landed safely.

See also: and, needle, on, pin

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

on pins and needles

Nervously anxious, as in He was on pins and needles, waiting for the test results. The graphic expression pins and needles for the tingling sensation experienced in recovering from numbness was transferred to a feeling of marked mental uneasiness about 1800.

See also: and, needle, on, pin

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

on pins and needles

mainly AMERICAN

If you are on pins and needles, you are very anxious or nervous about something that is going to happen. We were approaching Cape Horn, where we had almost lost our lives two years ago, so I was definitely on pins and needles. Note: You can also say that someone is sitting on pins and needles. I think we all have been sitting on pins and needles and anxious for something to happen.

See also: and, needle, on, pin

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

on pins and needles

in an agitated state of suspense.

Pins and needles is the pricking or tingling sensation in a limb recovering from numbness.

See also: and, needle, on, pin

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

on pins and needles

In a state of tense anticipation.

See also: and, needle, on, pin

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

See also:

be on edge
be like a cat on a hot tin roof
like a cat on a hot tin roof
cat on a hot tin roof
a cat on a hot tin roof
on edge
het
as the case may be
be a (something) in the making
crisis

词组	on pins and needles
释义	on pins and needles Related to on pins and needles: feel like a million on pins and needles Anxious and tense. (Likely an allusion to the tingling sensation that occurs when blood flow returns to a numb limb.) A: "Why is Carrie pacing?" B: "She's waiting for the doctor to call with her test results, so she's been on pins and needles all day." See also: and, needle, on, pin Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. on pins and needles Fig. anxious; in suspense. I've been on pins and needles all day, waiting for you to call with the news. We were on pins and needles until we heard that your plane had landed safely. See also: and, needle, on, pin McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. on pins and needles Nervously anxious, as in He was on pins and needles, waiting for the test results. The graphic expression pins and needles for the tingling sensation experienced in recovering from numbness was transferred to a feeling of marked mental uneasiness about 1800. See also: and, needle, on, pin The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. on pins and needles mainly AMERICAN If you are on pins and needles, you are very anxious or nervous about something that is going to happen. We were approaching Cape Horn, where we had almost lost our lives two years ago, so I was definitely on pins and needles. Note: You can also say that someone is sitting on pins and needles. I think we all have been sitting on pins and needles and anxious for something to happen. See also: and, needle, on, pin Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. on pins and needles in an agitated state of suspense. Pins and needles is the pricking or tingling sensation in a limb recovering from numbness. See also: and, needle, on, pin Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary on pins and needles In a state of tense anticipation. See also: and, needle, on, pin American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: be on edge be like a cat on a hot tin roof like a cat on a hot tin roof cat on a hot tin roof a cat on a hot tin roof on edge het as the case may be be a (something) in the making crisis
随便看	doughboys dough head dough-head doughnut be/come under fire become unglued become unstuck be/come up against a brick wall becoming be coming apart at the seams becoming on becoming on (someone) be common knowledge be common/public knowledge be compos mentis be comprised of be conspicuous by (one's) absence be cooked be cooked to a turn be cooking on gas be cooking with gas be cornered be cracking on be crazy about (someone or something) be crook on