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What does on pins and needles mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word on pins and needles? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) Feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety; in a state of suspense.
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Well, we're on pins and needles until we hear any confirmation, if there is any to be had on the latest rumors regarding DNA results, everyone.
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.
As for him, he was fairly on pins and needles to know what it was the janitress wanted.
Everyone is on pins and needles, waiting for the Federal Reserve to announce its decision on interest rates within the hour.
It will keep people on pins and needles for the next 48 months but we'll keep trucking along.
With the world glued to their TVs, watching on pins and needles, NASA today scrubbed the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery at the last minute.

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