He was on puns and needles waiting for her reaction to his joke.
Он был на иголках из-за каламбуров, ожидая её реакции на его шутку.
Определения
A play on words combining 'puns' (jokes exploiting wordplay) and 'pins and needles' (a phrase meaning anxious anticipation or a tingling sensation). 'Puns and needles' typically refers to a situation involving both wordplay and nervous excitement, or it may describe the feeling of waiting for a clever joke or pun.
