| The rest of us were on pins and needles until they returned in about 45 minutes with the aircraft still in good shape and ready to take us out. |
| As for him, he was fairly on pins and needles to know what it was the janitress wanted. |
| Everyone was on pins and needles to see if the elections went off smoothly and fierce legal battles could be avoided. |
| It will keep people on pins and needles for the next 48 months but we'll keep trucking along. |
| He had finally perfected what he was going to say, and he was waiting on pins and needles for his chance to put all his worries to rest. |
| Now they sit on pins and needles, figuratively speaking, because, now that you're back, they don't know if you are to be depended upon. |
