on edge 的定义
- Tense, nervous, irritable, as in We were all on edge as we waited for the surgeon's report. This expression transfers the edge of a cutting instrument to one's feelings. [Late 1800s] Also see on the edge; set one's teeth on edge.
on edge 近义词
tense
feeling anxious
更多on edge例句
- Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
- Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
- French officials were already on edge after a series of apparently unconnected attacks, including the stabbing of police officers.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
- After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
- He was hurrying towards the corner of the palace grounds when a shriek from Winifred set his teeth on edge.
- The first man my eyes lighted upon as I stepped inside was MacRae, humped disconsolately on the edge of a bunk.
- I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
- Squinty turned around, standing on the edge of the little brook, and waited, his heart beating faster and faster.