OXFORD 9000
📚 prep_phrase • entry_id 49129

on pins and needles

Meanings (ES + gloss)
a la expectativa • con el alma en vilo • en ascuas • en vilo
Feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety; in a state of suspense.
I was on pins and needles of expectation and curiosity.
Merlin hesitated a moment or two, and I was on pins and needles during that little while.
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