单词 | to be nerve all over |
释义 | > as lemmasto be nerve all over ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > be in state of nervous excitement [verb (intransitive)] to take ona1450 seethe1609 trepidate1623 to take on oneself1632 flutter1668 pother1715 to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723 to be nerve all over1778 to be all nerve1819 to be (all) on wires1824 to break up1825 to carry on1828 to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge1872 faff1874 to have kittens1900 flap1910 to be in, get in(to), a flap1939 to go sparec1942 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 faffle1965 to get one's knickers in a twist1971 to have a canary1971 to wet one's pants1979 tweak1981 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. iii. 28 ‘Your Ladyship's constitution..is infinitely delicate.’ ‘Indeed it is... I am nerve all over!’ 1819 C. Dibdin Young Arthur 226 While yawning deeps and ruthless rocks engage His fever'd mind, each vein prepar'd to start, His frame's all nerve and ev'ry nerve an heart. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. v. 151 Paul seemed to be always in a state of nervous tension. ‘He is all nerve,’ the Venetian minister..writes of him. < as lemmas |
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