on the string
on the string
In a state of anxious uncertainty. They were supposed to call me last week! How long are they going to keep me on the string like this? I've been on the string all day waiting to hear back from the doctor about the lab results.
See also: on, string
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be worried sick
- het
- be tied (up) in knots
- be climbing the walls
- nervy
- tie (someone or oneself) (up) in(to) a knot
- tie (someone or oneself) (up) into knots
- tie in a knot
- tie into knots
- tie somebody/yourself in knots