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如坐针毡[急得要命]

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AllAll,如坐针毡[急得要命]如坐针毡[急得要命]
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1.
I've been on pins and needles all week. The boss said he wants to see me this Friday.
我这整个星期如坐针毡。老板说他这个星期五要召见我。
wǒ zhè zhěng gè xīng qī rú zuò zhēn zhān 。 lǎo bǎn shuō tā zhè ge xīng qī wǔ yào zhào jiàn wǒ 。
blog.hjenglish.com
2.
The next day Yin was on pins and needles all day, but the demons didn't show up.
第二天，殷一整天如坐针毡，但是鬼怪没有再出现。
dì èr tiān , yīn yī zhěng tiān rú zuò zhēn zhān , dàn shì guǐ guài méi yǒu zài chū xiàn 。
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3.
I have been on pins and needles all day waiting for him to call me back.
我整整一天都如坐针毡，等他回我电话。
wǒ zhěng zhěng yī tiān dōu rú zuò zhēn zhān , děng tā huí wǒ diàn huà 。
wenku.baidu.com
4.
He calls: on pins and needles expecting a call image too not the spirit of the age, "as long as I'm glad to have what can't? "
等他来电：坐立不安地等电话的形象太没有时代精神了，“只要我高兴，有什么不可以？”
děng tā lái diàn : zuò lì bù ān de děng diàn huà de xíng xiàng tài méi yǒu shí dài jīng shén le , " zhǐ yào wǒ gāo xìng , yǒu shén me bù kě yǐ ? "
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5.
The criminal was on pins and needles. He was eager to know if the jury believed his story since it was made up out of whole cloth.
罪犯如坐针毡，想知道陪审团是否相信了他的故事，因为这个故事纯属是他编造出来的。
zuì fàn rú zuò zhēn zhān , xiǎng zhī dào péi shěn tuán shì fǒu xiāng xìn le tā de gù shi , yīn wèi zhè ge gù shi chún shǔ shì tā biān zào chū lái de 。
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6.
welcome to the Big Apple. I hope you don't feel like a fish out of water here. we've been on pins and needles waiting for you.
欢迎来到纽约，我希望你在这里可以不受约束，我们早已等你等的迫不及待了。
huān yíng lái dào niǔ yuē , wǒ xī wàng nǐ zài zhè lǐ kě yǐ bù shòu yuē shù , wǒ men zǎo yǐ děng nǐ děng de pò bù jí dài le 。
money.zhishi.sohu.com
7.
The colonel, on pins and needles, did what he could to speed up the departure of the countryside guests.
如坐针毡的上校尽快打发走了乡下的来宾。
rú zuò zhēn zhān de shàng xiào jǐn kuài dǎ fa zǒu le xiāng xià de lái bīn 。
article.yeeyan.org
8.
He tried to look calm and confident but everybody in the courtroom knew he was on pins and needles.
他想装得很平静，很有自信，但是在法庭上的每个人都知道他很紧张。
tā xiǎng zhuāng de hěn píng jìng , hěn yǒu zì xìn , dàn shì zài fǎ tíng shàng de měi gè rén dōu zhī dào tā hěn jǐn zhāng 。
www.kekenet.com
9.
This movie will keep you on pins and needles from beginning to end.
这部电影会让你从头到尾觉得很紧张，刺激。
zhè bù diàn yǐng huì ràng nǐ cóng tóu dào wěi jué de hěn jǐn zhāng , cì jī 。
www.yourblog.org
10.
so the whole office was on pins on needles all day.
整个办公室整天都像是如坐针毡。
zhěng gè bàn gōng shì zhěng tiān dōu xiàng shì rú zuò zhēn zhān 。
blog.sina.com.cn
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