职场英语口语百科:be on pins and needles坐立不安英语怎么说? be on pins and needles。 pins指"大头针",needles指"针",be on pins and needles的字面意思是"如坐在大头针和针上",喻为"坐卧不安"或"如坐针毡". A: It seems you're on pins and needles today. Anything troubling you? 你遥似乎坐立不安。 有什么事吗? B: Yeah. I don't know why bad things keep happening to me. You see, my car was stolen and the warehouse had been broken into. I can't put my finger on the causes of this damned thing. 是的。 我不知道坏事为什么总是找上我。 你看,我的汽车被偷了,货仓也被盗了。 我弄不明白怎么会发生这些倒霉事。 A: There must be someone who had planned that. He threatened to show you the color when you refused to give him a promotion. 也许这是有人遥策划的。 因为你没有提升他,他要给你点颜遥看看。