on pins and needles

基本解释

• 如坐針氈；坐立不安

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英汉例句

雙語例句

• Mrs. Watson sat on pins and needles.
  沃森太太如坐針氈。
• The colonel, on pins and needles, did what he could to speed up the departure of the countryside guests.
  如坐針氈的上校盡快打發走了鄕下的來賓。
• He's on pins and needles.
  他坐立不安的。

權威例句

• And so there's a sense of being on pins and needles among Republicans.
  NPR: Foley, Iraq Cause Headaches for GOP
• We've been waiting on pins and needles for Google to announce some official Android tablet plans for so long we'd almost forgotten about Mountain View's other operating system -- but from what we're hearing, Chrome OS is about to jump to center stage with a tablet debut on Verizon just before the holidays.
  ENGADGET: Chrome OS tablet coming from Google and Verizon on Black Friday? (update: probably not)

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词组短语

短語

• on n pins and needles 如坐針氈
• sitting on pins and needles 如坐針氈
• wait on pins and needles 如坐針氈
• walk on pins and needles 如坐針氈
• sit on pins and needles 芒刺在背;如坐針氈

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• worried or excited about something that is going to happen

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