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Think about actually being on pins and needles -- ouch!
It means feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety; in a state of suspense.
Someone who is "on pins and needles" is very anxious and nervous. This not necessarily a negative emotion although the phrase is sometimes used in that way, it is usually used to describe someone who is in great anticipation of some event that have been looking forward to.
In British slang the phrase "pins and needles" may also refer to the odd tingly sensation you feel when a body part has "fallen asleep."
"On pins and needles" means to be very worried/nervous/anxious about something.
If you say "ON pins and needles" it means you are waiting anxiously for something, that you are so eager that you are fidgeting as if you were sitting on something sharp.
If you say you have a "pins and needles" feeling in your body, it means that circulation has been temporarily cut off to that part, and when it starts back up, you feel a prickling sensation. You might also hear this phrased as "My foot is asleep" or "My hand fell asleep."
If someone is on pins and needles they are very nervous about a situation.
"I was on pins and needles until I got the results on my test."
It means one is virtually tingling with anticipation about something.
The idiom "on pins and needles" means anxiously awaiting something.
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What does the idiom ive been on pins and needles all day mean?
The phrase means to be nervous or anxious about something.
What does the idiom knock him off his pin mean?
This isn't an idiom because you can figure it out if you look up the word "pins." It is a SLANG term meaning legs, so you knocked him over.
Why sewing needle always broken?
Try removing your pins as the fabric feeds through the machine. If your needle hits the pins it may break.
Why should you remove all pins from tacking before using a sewing machine?
To make sure it does not slip out of the way
What is this idiom trying to find something that you cannot find?
Looking for a needle in a haystack
What idiom means someone extremely worried?
Someone who is very worried would be "on pins and needles."
How can you make earrings with head pins if you don't have needle nose pliers?
You can but they are severly crappy with thehelp of needle nose pliers.(They have to be needle nose pliers,anything else is to big.)
Why pins and needle feeling on right side of body?
becuse your side fell asleep
In sewing straight pins put in the cutting line?
If you use straight pins to hold the pattern pieces to your fabric, be sure to remove them before sewing because the machine needle might hit one. If this happens, the sewing needle might bend or break and, in either case, the needle would no longer work.
What does the idiom 'for two pins I'd take that back to the shop' mean?
Pins were once valuable - before the industrial age, they were made by hand and women saved them up and traded them for goods, just like coins. If you say this, you mean that you'd take the item back if somebody gave you two pins - or, in other words, you're thinking quite seriously about taking that item back to the shop and asking for your money back.
What is the origin of finding a needle in haystack?
The idiom, finding a needle in a haystack, was first recorded in the works of Saint Thomas More in 1532. It read, to seek out one line in his books, would be to go look for a needle in a meadow.
What does the idiom what you have in mind mean?
It's not really an idiom. It means "what are you thinking about."
