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29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: amb l'ai al cor — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Chinese: 搩搩控 (khia̍t-khia̍t-khàng) — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Chinese Mandarin: 焦慮不安 /焦虑不安 (jiāolǜbù'ān) — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Chinese Mandarin: 如坐針氈 /如坐针毡 (rúzuòzhēnzhān) — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Chinese Mandarin: 提心吊膽 /提心吊胆 (tíxīndiàodǎn) — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Chinese Mandarin: 懸心吊膽 /悬心吊胆 (xuánxīndiàodǎn) — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Chinese Mandarin: 坐立不安 (zuòlìbù'ān) — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Danish: oppe på lakridserne — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Danish: på stikkerne — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Dutch: op hete kolen — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Hungarian: alig vár — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Hungarian: tűkön ül — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Irish: ar bís — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Italian: in sospeso — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Italian: sui carboni ardenti — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Italian: sulle spine — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Korean: 안절부절 (anjeolbujeol) — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Korean: 안절부절못하다 (anjeolbujeolmothada) — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Polish: jak na szpilkach — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Romanian: ca pe ace — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Russian: как на иго́лках (kak na igólkax) — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Scottish Gaelic: air bhioran — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Spanish: a la expectativa — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Spanish: con el alma en vilo — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Spanish: en ascuas — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Spanish: en vilo — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Swedish: hålla någon på halster — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Turkish: diken üstünde — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety
• Vietnamese: nhấp nhổm — feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety