on edge

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Prepositional phrase

(idiomatic) Tense, nervous or irritable.
Waiting to see who had been chosen, we were all on edge.

Related terms

Translations

tense, nervous with fear

Finnish: rauhaton (fi), kireä (fi)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Maori: monia, mōniania

Anagrams

genoed

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