| 单词 | to be on heckle pins |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be on heckle pins P2. colloquial. to be on heckle pins and variants: to be in a state of anxiety or agitation because of uncertainty about a future event; to be on tenterhooks. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious [verb (intransitive)] > be acutely anxious to be on (the) tenter(s1633 to chafe, fret, fry, melt, stew, sweat in one's own grease1663 to be on (the) tenterhooks1748 to be on heckle pins1850 sweat1963 1850 J. Myles Chapters Life Dundee Factory Boy iv. 29 I know the effect it had on myself, and to use a common expression, it likewise kept my mother on ‘heckle pins’. 1872 C. Gibbon For King xix. 64/1 The poor lad was on heckle-pins. 1936 Scotsman 8 Sept. 7/1 Witness said that prior to the accident he knocked in a window, and was ‘on heckle-pins to get out’. 1950 People's Friend 29 July 625 She would be in a fever during the tenminute run into the city, sitting on hecklepins. 2004 D. Davidson Shadow of Sycamores xxvi. 328 Fay could see that her daughter was on heckle pins all the time she was there. < as lemmas |
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