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单词 pins and needles
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pins and needles

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noun

a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness.

Idioms for pins and needles

    on pins and needles, in a state of nervous anticipation: The father-to-be was on pins and needles.

Origin of pins and needles

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby pins and needles

pinpoint, pinpoint bombing, pinprick, pin rail, PINS, pins and needles, pinscher, pin seal, Pinsent, pinsetter, Pinsk
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British Dictionary definitions for pins and needles

pins and needles

noun (functioning as singular) informal

a tingling sensation in the fingers, toes, legs, etc, caused by the return of normal blood circulation after its temporary impairment
on pins and needles in a state of anxious suspense or nervous anticipation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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