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pins-and-needles

pins-and-needlesnoun

pins-and-needles

Fixed plural noun phrase; refers to a tingling sensation or a state of anxious suspense.

Translations

мурашкиразг.; ощущение покалывания после онемения конечности

After sitting on her foot for too long, she felt pins and needles when she stood up.

Просидев слишком долго на ноге, она почувствовала мурашки, когда встала.

нервное ожиданиеперен.; состояние тревожного напряжения

The whole class was on pins and needles waiting for the test results.

Весь класс был в нервном ожидании результатов теста.

Additional translations

покалываниемед.; парестезия

тревожное ожиданиеперен.; состояние напряжённой тревоги

Definitions

A tingling or prickling sensation felt in a limb that has become numb or is regaining normal feeling; paresthesia.

After sitting on her foot for too long, she felt pins-and-needles when she stood up.

A state of nervous anticipation or anxious suspense (normally used in the phrase ‘on pins-and-needles’).

The whole class was on pins-and-needles waiting for the test results.

pins-and-needlesadjective

more pins-and-needles

Comp.

most pins-and-needles

Super.

Used attributively before a noun (e.g., ‘a pins-and-needles sensation’).

Translations

A pins-and-needles feeling shot through his arm.

По его руке пробежало покалывающее ощущение.

Additional translations

тревожныйперен.; вызывающий напряжённое ожидание

Definitions

Causing or characterized by a tingling sensation or nervous suspense.

A pins-and-needles feeling shot through his arm.