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• was on pins and needles — was very hurried, did not have time to wait, was impatient, was restless …   English contemporary dictionary

• pins and needles — noun a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation • Hypernyms: ↑prickling, ↑tingle, ↑tingling * * * noun [noncount] : the unpleasant tingling feeling in a part of your body (such as your arm or leg) as it becomes numb or recovers from… …   Useful english dictionary

• pins and needles — 1. a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness. 2. on pins and needles, in a state of nervous anticipation: The father to be was on pins and needles. [1800 10] * * * …   Universalium

• pins and needles — plural noun 1. a tingling sensation in the limbs, as that which accompanies the return of feeling after numbness; a form of paraesthesia. –phrase 2. on pins and needles, nervous; worried: I was on pins and needles until the plane landed …  

• Pins and Needles — For the sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness, see Paresthesia Infobox Musical name= Pins and Needles subtitle= caption= music= Harold Rome lyrics= Harold Rome book= Arthur Arent Marc Blitzstein Emmanuel Eisenberg Charles Friedman David… …   Wikipedia

• on pins and needles — {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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• on pins and needles — {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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• on pins and needles — phrasal : in a very nervous or jumpy state especially as a result of some suspense provoking situation on pins and needles while awaiting the doctor s verdict * * * on pins and needles In agitated expectancy • • • Main Entry: ↑pin * * * in an… …   Useful english dictionary

• on\ pins\ and\ needles — 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

• on pins and needles — worried or excited about something. I was on pins and needles until she called to say she had arrived in Istanbul …   New idioms dictionary

• piss pins and needles —    (of a male)    to be infected with gonorrhea    It refers to the sensation while urinating. Also as piss pure cream. The obsolete piss your tallow was to ejaculate before vaginal entry:     Send me a cool rut time, Jove, or who can blame me to …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms