be on pins and needles
Example Sentences
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Baca said that although he would be on "pins and needles," he will try to use some advice from his mother to cope with the wait.
From Fox News ● May 13, 2020
“You want to see me stressed, send me to Paw Patrol with six kids. I”m going to be on pins and needles the entire time.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2018
In the two weeks that players will be on pins and needles waiting for those PGA Tour ballots, here are some other awards worth mulling over.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2011
Like so many others, I'm going to be on pins and needles just waiting to see what he's going to be delivering us.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I've got to go to your father, and Irene is all alone with Mr. Corey; and I know she'll be on pins and needles without you're there to help make it go off."
From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean
