on pins and needles
on pins and needles {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Worried; nervous.
Jane's mother was on pins and needles because Jane was very late getting home from school.
Many famous actors are on pins and needles before the curtain opens for a play.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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