pins and needles Idiom, Proverb

on pins and needles

excited, nervous Her daughter has been on pins and needles all day waiting for the contest to begin.

pins and needles

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adj. phr., informal Worried; nervous. Jane's mother was on pins and needles because Jane was very late getting home from school. Many famous actors are on pins and needles before the curtain opens for a play.

pins and needles

A amazing awareness that occurs back claret allotment to a aloof limb. Ugh, delay a second, I can't get up aloof yet—I accept pins and all-overs in my bottom from sitting like this for so long. I got pins and all-overs in my arm afterwards my son fell comatose on it during the movie.Learn more: and, needle, pin

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Fig. a amazing activity in some allotment of one's body, abnormally the accoutrements and legs. (Learn added on pins and needles.) I've got pins and all-overs in my legs. Mary gets pins and all-overs if she crosses her accoutrements for long.Learn more: and, needle, pin

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on one's own hook on one's own time on one's part on one's shoulders on one's toes on one's uppers on pain of on paper on pins and needles on purpose on record on sale on schedule on the Q.T. on the air on the alert on the ball

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