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сидеть как на иголках stresses
gen.	be on nettles; be on the anxious bench; be on thorns; sit on thorns; stand on thorns; walk on thorns; be on tenter-hooks; be on tenterhooks (Zirilla); be in a stew; be on tenterhooks; be on pins and needles; be on pins and needles -; be on nettles (как на угольях); be sit, stand, walk on thorns; be on the tenter-hooks; be on hot coals; be on pins and needles; sit upon thorns; be in hot water
Gruzovik	be on tenderhooks
amer.	be on the anxious seat
idiom.	wait for the other shoe to drop (быть в нетерпении, в ожидании, при желании достигнуть чего-нибудь или опасении неприятного 4uzhoj)
inf.	be on edge (Andrey Truhachev)
Makarov.	be on hot coals; be on tenter; be on the tenterhooks
obs.	be on the tenters; be on tenters; be on tenters
proverb	like a cat on hot bricks
сидеть, как на иголках
idiom.	Like a cat on a hot tin roof (Grebelnikov)
Makarov.	have ants in one's pants
proverb	like a cat on hot bricks (дословно: Словно кошка на горячих кирпичах)
сидеть "как на иголках"
slang	ill at ease (Mick had never been to a big football match before and he, as well as John, was ill at ease. == Мик впервые играл в настоящем серьезном матче и поэтому, как и Джон, слегка волновался.)