sit on thorns
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美
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如坐针毡; 焦虑不安,[法] 如坐针毯; 局促不安
- He was then sitting on thorns and waiting for you.
他当时如坐针毡,焦急地等待着你。
- You look like on pins and needles.
你好象如坐针毡的样子。
- It is unbearable to be always on thorns.
老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
- We were all in a sweat over the big test we would get on Friday.
我们都为星期五将举行的大考而焦虑不安。
- Throughout the whole of that evening he was on edge to get away.
他整个晚上都局促不安要离开。
- I found him on tenterhooks when he was waiting for his girlfriend.
我发现他在等女朋友时显得局促不安。