on pins and needles
Example Sentences
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Scientists, engineers and the flight team were “waiting on pins and needles to hear back from Voyager 2, to see if the command was successful,” Dr. Spilker said.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023
"We're on pins and needles to see if Powell will say anything that suggests they will taper the size of rate increases going forward," Hogan said, referring to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2022
“You’re always on pins and needles in those situations,” Scherzer said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2021
“I’m living on pins and needles because I can’t get answers from anybody,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2021
He must have been on pins and needles for a long time, worried that somebody’d find out, because he broke down right then and there and confessed the whole thing.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
