on edge

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on edge

1. (idiomatic) Tense, nervous; consequently irritable.

   Waiting to see who had been chosen, we were all on edge.

Related terms

• edgy
• set someone's teeth on edge

Translations

tense, nervous with fear

• Finnish: rauhaton (fi), kireä (fi)
• German: gespannt (de), nervös (de), aufgeregt (de)
• Maori: monia, mōniania'
• Polish: spięty
• Swedish: på helspänn (sv)

Anagrams

• Goeden, genoed