be on pins and needles

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be on pins and needles (American & Australian)

to be nervously waiting to see what is going to happen We're on pins and needles waiting to hear whether she got the job.

See also: and, needle, pin

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She went with her mother, who, of course, when she heard of a stranger being in the neighbourhood, would be on pins and needles till she had seen her and got all she could out of her. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context			be off the blocks be off the hook be off the mark be off the wall be off trolley be off-colour be on a collision course be on a hiding to nothing be on a roll be on a sticky wicket be on another planet be on ass be on best behaviour be on cloud nine be on course for be on edge be on everyone's lips be on full alert be on good terms with be on guard be on hand be on ice be on its last legs be on last legs be on mettle be on pins and needles be on shit list be on song be on speaking terms be on tail be on the [expensive etc.] side be on the back burner be on the ball be on the blink be on the breadline be on the brink of be on the cards be on the case be on the crest of a wave be on the fiddle be on the fritz be on the game be on the horns of a dilemma be on the level be on the line be on the loose be on the march be on the mend be on the money be on the piss be on the ragged edge			be on best behaviour be on best behaviour be on best behaviour be on cloud nine be on cloud nine be on course be on course for be on edge be on everyone's lips be on full alert be on good terms with be on guard be on hand be on head be on head be on head be on head be on ice be on its last legs be on last legs Be On Later Be on Lookout be on mettle be on mettle be on mettle be on one’s guard be on own head be on own head be on own head be on own head be on pins and needles be on red alert be on shit list be on song be on speaking terms be on tail be on the [expensive etc.] side be on the back burner be on the ball be on the ball be on the blink be on the breadline be on the brink of be on the cards be on the case be on the crest of a wave be on the fiddle be on the firing line be on the fritz be on the game be on the horns of a dilemma be on the level be on the line Be on the Look Out Be on the Lookout be on the lookout for be on the lookout for be on the lookout for be on the lookout for

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