without a clear definition; unsettled, pending · unpaid, outstanding · in suspense; anxious
köken: Literally, “in suspense”. Compare French en suspens.
🔊 questione in sospeso
🔊 Così il dato, invece di fare chiarezza, finisce per lasciare tutto in sospeso.
🔊 la trama ti tiene in sospeso
on pins and needles
köken: Literally, “on hot coal”.
🔊 op hete kolen zitten
while being on tenterhooks, while being on pins and needles
aile: 안절부절못하다, 안절부절하다
keep someone on tenterhooks
on pins and needles, on tenterhooks
köken: Literally, “like on pins”. Compare Russian как на иго́лках (kak na igólkax).
on pins and needles
köken: Literally, “as on needles”.
to look forward to, to be on pins and needles (to anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; be excited or eager to)
köken: From alig (“hardly”) + vár (“to wait”).
🔊 Már alig várom, hogy odaérjek.
worried (esp. while sitting down); anxious; uneasy; being on tenterhooks; being on pins and needles
köken: -âp reduplication of nhổm.
🔊 vừa đến đã nhấp nhổm định về
in a state of suspense, on tenterhooks · impatient, dying (to do something)
köken: Literally, “on a vice”.
aile: duine a choinneáil ar bís
cmn 🔊 坐立不安 , 如坐針氈 /如坐针毡 , 懸心吊膽 /悬心吊胆 , 提心吊膽 /提心吊胆 , 焦慮不安 /焦虑不安