tűkön ül
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
tű (“needle”) + -k (plural suffix) + -ön (“on”, case suffix) + ül (“to sit”), literally “to sit on needles”
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- (idiomatic) to be on pins and needles, be on tenterhooks, be like a cat on a hot tin roof, be like a cat on hot bricks (to wait for the beginning or the end of something restlessly, with agonizing impatience)
- Ti csak beszéltetek, én pedig itt közben tűkön ültem! ― You were just talking, while I have been sitting here on tenterhooks!