I'm on（pins and needles很形象 挺契合汉语 知道什么意思吗）

先来读读下面的对话吧

I"m on pins and needles waiting to hear if I have passed the exam.我在等考试结果呢,如坐针毡啊 。

You need to forget the exam for a moment.Let"s go

shopping.

你需要暂时忘记考试。咱们去逛

街吧 。

be on pins and needles表示“如坐针毡,坐立不安”,特别是因为在等待重要的事发生,或等待得知某个结果。

pins and needles还可以指因长久保持同一个姿势,血流不畅,而产生的“酸痛,发麻,针刺感”,这种感觉常出现在腿上或脚上。例如:

I"ll have to move because I"m starting to get pins and needles in my foot.

我得动一动了,我的脚已经开始发麻了。

另外be on tenterhooks的含义与 be on pins and needles相似,例如

She had been on tenterhooks all night, expecting her daughter to

return at any moment.

她整晚都心神不宁,等着她女儿随时回来 。 #英语#