pins and needles
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌpins and ˈneedles noun [uncountable] 1 MIan uncomfortable feeling, often in your foot or your leg, which you get especially when you have not moved part of your body for a long time, and the supply of blood has stopped flowing properly 酸痛，发麻，针刺感 I’ll have to move because I’m starting to get pins and needles in my foot. 我得动一下，因为我的脚开始发麻了。2. be on pins and needles American EnglishNERVOUS to be very nervous and unable to relax, especially because you are waiting for something important 如坐针毡，坐立不安〔尤因等待重要事情〕 SYN be on tenterhooks
Examples from the Corpus
pins and needles• Brady has had pains in his legs and pins and needles in his toes.• She would be suffering from pins and needles.• But if she got pins and needles and had to move, it woke with a jump and crept forwards again.• Bobbie Cole tells us she has pins and needles in her toes - must be a good sign.• Although the pins and needles in his legs could perhaps have been from loss of blood.• Her head spun and her left arm tingled painfully with pins and needles.get pins and needles• But if she got pins and needles and had to move, it woke with a jump and crept forwards again.ˌpins and ˈneedles nounChineseSyllable
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pins and needles
ˌpins and ˈneedles
noun [uncountable]
1. an uncomfortable feeling, often in your foot or your leg, which you get especially when you have not moved part of your body for a long time, and the supply of blood has stopped flowing properly:
I’ll have to move because I’m starting to get pins and needles in my foot.
2. be on pins and needles American English to be very nervous and unable to relax, especially because you are waiting for something important
SYN be on tenterhooks
ˌpins and ˈneedles
noun [uncountable]1. an uncomfortable feeling, often in your foot or your leg, which you get especially when you have not moved part of your body for a long time, and the supply of blood has stopped flowing properly:
2. be on pins and needles American English to be very nervous and unable to relax, especially because you are waiting for something important
SYN be on tenterhooks
