pins and needles

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Mrs. Watson sat on pins and needles.
沃森太太如坐針氈。
The colonel, on pins and needles, did what he could to speed up the departure of the countryside guests.
如坐針氈的上校盡快打發(fā)走了鄉(xiāng)下的來賓。
It's unusual to get pins and needles in your head - but this unfortunate chap seems to have a very severe case of it.What's more, it's entirely self-inflicted.
對(duì)于普通人來說，在頭上扎各種圖釘和大頭針是件非常不尋常的事情，但照片上這位老兄卻非常喜歡在頭上扎各種針，并且這些針都是他自己扎在頭上的。

Many patients suffer from weakness or what is called a "pins and needles" feeling in the arms and legs.

And so there's a sense of being on pins and needles among Republicans.
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We've been waiting on pins and needles for Google to announce some official Android tablet plans for so long we'd almost forgotten about Mountain View's other operating system -- but from what we're hearing, Chrome OS is about to jump to center stage with a tablet debut on Verizon just before the holidays.
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If you have pins and needles in a part of your body, you feel slight sharp pains in it, usually just after you have moved from being in one position for a long time.

If you have pins and needles in part of your body, you feel small sharp pains there for a short period of time. It usually happens when that part of your body has been in an uncomfortable position.