To be quite anxious about something—for example, waiting for a letter: “The letter hasn’t come and he’s ________.”
| ON PINS AND NEEDLES | 330 |
| WORRIED | 100 |
| UPSET | 61 |
| ANXIOUS | 51 |
| NR | 51 |
| CHEWING HIS NAILS | 39 |
| NERVOUS | 37 |
| ON EDGE | 33 |
| IMPATIENT | 28 |
| ON NEEDLES AND PINS | 20 |
| FIT TO BE TIED | 19 |
| DISTURBED | 17 |
| CONCERNED | 14 |
| PACING THE FLOOR | 13 |
| JITTERY | 12 |
| ALL UPSET | 11 |
| WALKING THE FLOOR | 11 |
| BESIDE HIMSELF | 10 |
| EXCITED | 9 |
| FIDGETY | 9 |
| ON PINS | 9 |
| OVERANXIOUS | 9 |
| PERTURBED | 8 |
| STIRRED UP | 8 |
| UNEASY | 8 |
| BITING HIS NAILS | 7 |
| EAGER | 7 |
| FRUSTRATED | 7 |
| ON THE ANXIOUS BENCH | 7 |
| SITTING ON PINS AND NEEDLES | 7 |
| ANTS IN HIS PANTS | 6 |
| ANTSY | 6 |
| DISAPPOINTED | 6 |
| EDGY | 6 |
| FRANTIC | 6 |
| IN A DITHER | 6 |
| UP IN THE AIR | 6 |
| ON TENTERHOOKS | 5 |
| ALL KEYED UP | 4 |
| ANNOYED | 4 |
| CLIMBING THE WALLS | 4 |
| HAVING A FIT | 4 |
| ON NEEDLES | 4 |
| ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT | 4 |
| REALLY UPSET | 4 |
| RUNNING UP AND DOWN | 4 |
| SHOOK UP | 4 |
| VERY ANXIOUS | 4 |
| VERY UPSET | 4 |
| WORKED UP | 4 |
| WORRYING | 4 |
| ALL IN A DITHER | 3 |
| ALL NERVED UP | 3 |
| ALL ON EDGE | 3 |
| ANXIOUSLY WAITING | 3 |
| BOTHERED | 3 |
| CHEWING HIS FINGERNAILS | 3 |
| EAGERLY | 3 |
| EXPECTING | 3 |
| HOT AND BOTHERED | 3 |
| JUMPY | 3 |
| KEYED UP | 3 |
| NERVOUS WRECK | 3 |
| ON NETTLES | 3 |
| PUT OUT | 3 |
| QUITE CONCERNED | 3 |
| WORRIED SICK | 3 |
| WROUGHT UP | 3 |
| ALL AGOG | 2 |
| ALL ATWITTER | 2 |
| ALL EXCITED | 2 |
| ALL SHOOK UP | 2 |
| ALL WORKED UP | 2 |
| APPREHENSIVE | 2 |
| DISGUSTED | 2 |
| EXASPERATED | 2 |
| FURIOUS | 2 |
| GOING CRAZY | 2 |
| HE CAN’T HARDLY WAIT | 2 |
| HOLDING HIS BREATH | 2 |
| IN A HURRY | 2 |
| IN A STEW | 2 |
| ITCHY | 2 |
| LOOKING FORWARD TO IT | 2 |
| NERVED UP | 2 |
| NERVOUSLY | 2 |
| ON HIS TOES | 2 |
| ON TENDERHOOKS | 2 |
| ON THORNS | 2 |
| OVERLY ANXIOUS | 2 |
| PROVOKED | 2 |
| QUITE NERVOUS | 2 |
| QUITE UPSET | 2 |
| REAL WORRIED | 2 |
| SHOOK | 2 |
| SO ANXIOUS | 2 |
| SWEATING IT OUT | 2 |
| TEARING HIS HAIR | 2 |
| TENSE | 2 |
| TERRIBLY UPSET | 2 |
| UNNERVED | 2 |
| UP TIGHT | 2 |
| VERY EXCITED | 2 |
| VERY IMPATIENT | 2 |
| WAITING ANXIOUSLY | 2 |
| WILD | 2 |
| WONDERING | 2 |
| ABOUT BESIDE HIMSELF | 1 |
| ABOUT TO CRACK UP | 1 |
| ABOUT TO DIE | 1 |
| ABOUT TO WET HIS PANTS | 1 |
| AGGRAVATED | 1 |
| ALL A-DITHER | 1 |
| ALL A-JITTER | 1 |
| ALL A-STEW | 1 |
| ALL BUT BITING HIS NAILS | 1 |
| ALL DISTURBED | 1 |
| ALL FLUSTERED | 1 |
| ALL HET UP | 1 |
| ALL HOT AND BOTHERED | 1 |
| ALL IMPATIENT | 1 |
| ALL IN A FLUTTER | 1 |
| ALL JITTERED | 1 |
| ALL JITTERY | 1 |
| ALL NERVOUS | 1 |
| ALL RILED UP | 1 |
| ALL STEWED UP | 1 |
| ALL TANGLED UP | 1 |
| ALL TENSE | 1 |
| ALL UNSTRUNG | 1 |
| ALL UP IN A HISSY | 1 |
| ALL UP IN THE AIR | 1 |
| ALL WORRIED | 1 |
| ALL WOUND UP | 1 |
| ALL WROUGHT UP | 1 |
| ANGRY | 1 |
| ANTS IN HIS BRITCHES | 1 |
| ANXIOUSLY AWAITING | 1 |
| AT HIS WITS’ END | 1 |
| BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME | 1 |
| BEING A WORRY WART ABOUT IT | 1 |
| BESIDES HIMSELF | 1 |
| BITING HIS FINGERNAILS | 1 |
| BITING HIS FINGERS | 1 |
| BITING HIS FINGERS TO HIS ELBOWS | 1 |
| BITING THE BIT | 1 |
| BLUE | 1 |
| BURNT UP | 1 |
| CAN HARDLY STAND IT | 1 |
| CAN’T HARDLY WAIT | 1 |
| CAN’T SIT STILL | 1 |
| CHEWING HIS BITS | 1 |
| CHEWING HIS NAILS AWAY | 1 |
| CHEWING HIS NAILS OFF AT THE ELBOW | 1 |
| CLIMBING THE FENCE | 1 |
| CLIMBING THE WALL | 1 |
| COMING UNGLUED | 1 |
| CONFUSED | 1 |
| CURIOUS | 1 |
| DEPENDING ON IT | 1 |
| DESPERATE | 1 |
| DISTRAUGHT | 1 |
| DISTRESSED | 1 |
| DOWN AT THE MOUTH | 1 |
| DRIVING ME NUTS | 1 |
| DYING OF ANTICIPATION | 1 |
| DYING WAITING FOR IT | 1 |
| FLIPPING HIS LID | 1 |
| FLUSTERED | 1 |
| FOAMING AT THE MOUTH | 1 |
| FRETTED | 1 |
| FRETTING | 1 |
| FRUSTERATED | 1 |
| FUMING | 1 |
| FUSSED UP | 1 |
| GOING THROUGH HIS ANXIETY PAINS | 1 |
| GOING TO PIECES | 1 |
| GOT THE CAN’T-HARDLIES | 1 |
| GOT THE FIDGETS | 1 |
| GOT THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES | 1 |
| GREATLY ANNOYED | 1 |
| HANGING ON | 1 |
| HANGING ON THE FENCE | 1 |
| HAS THE JITTERS | 1 |
| HAVING FITS | 1 |
| HE CAN’T SIT STILL | 1 |
| HE HOPES IT’D HURRY UP | 1 |
| HEN ON A HOT GRIDDLE | 1 |
| HET UP | 1 |
| HIGH TENSION | 1 |
| HOT TO TROT | 1 |
| HUNGRY | 1 |
| IMPATIENTLY | 1 |
| IN A DIDDER | 1 |
| IN A FIZZLE | 1 |
| IN A FRENZY | 1 |
| IN A LATHER | 1 |
| IN A REAL STEW | 1 |
| IN AGONY | 1 |
| IN NETTLES | 1 |
| IN SUSPENSE | 1 |
| IRRITATED | 1 |
| ITCHING | 1 |
| JUST A-CHOMPIN’ | 1 |
| JUST CAN’T WAIT | 1 |
| JUST ITCHING | 1 |
| JUST ON PINS AND NEEDLES | 1 |
| KINDA SHOOK UP | 1 |
| LET DOWN | 1 |
| LIKE A CAT ON A HOT GRIDDLE | 1 |
| LIKE A HAND ON A HOT GRIDDLE | 1 |
| LIKE A HEN ON A HOT HOE | 1 |
| LIKE A PEA ON A HOT GRIDDLE | 1 |
| LIKE A WORM IN HOT ASHES | 1 |
| LIKE AN ANT ON A HOT GRIDDLE | 1 |
| LOOKING FOR IT | 1 |
| LOOKING TO HEAR FROM THEM | 1 |
| LOSING HIS SHIRT | 1 |
| LOSING SLEEP | 1 |
| MAD | 1 |
| NERVOUS AS A CAT | 1 |
| NERVOUS AS A CAT ON A HOT STOVE | 1 |
| NERVOUS AS A FISH | 1 |
| NERVY | 1 |
| NEUROTIC | 1 |
| OFF HIS NOODLE | 1 |
| OFF THE BEAM | 1 |
| ON A TITHER | 1 |
| ON HIGH HORSE | 1 |
| ON HIS HEAD | 1 |
| ON ONE EAR | 1 |
| ON THE EDGE | 1 |
| ON THE WARPATH | 1 |
| ON TIPTOE | 1 |
| ON TOP OF HIS HEAD | 1 |
| OUT OF PATIENCE | 1 |
| OVERWROTH | 1 |
| PACING | 1 |
| PACING UP AND DOWN | 1 |
| PAWING THE FLOOR | 1 |
| PEEVED | 1 |
| PERPLEXED | 1 |
| PERTY ANXIOUS | 1 |
| PISSED OUT | 1 |
| PITCHED UP | 1 |
| PRETTY ANXIOUS | 1 |
| PRETTY PERTURBED | 1 |
| PRETTY UNEASY | 1 |
| PRETTY UPSET | 1 |
| QUITE IMPATIENT | 1 |
| RATHER UPSET | 1 |
| REAL ANXIOUS | 1 |
| REALLY EXPECTING | 1 |
| REALLY ON EDGE | 1 |
| REALLY OVERANXIOUS | 1 |
| REALLY SWEATING | 1 |
| REALLY WAITING | 1 |
| REALLY WATCHING | 1 |
| RESTLESS | 1 |
| RUNNING ROUND LIKE A HEN WITH HIS NECK CUT OFF | 1 |
| SETTING ON PINS | 1 |
| SETTING ON TENDERHOOKS | 1 |
| SHAKY | 1 |
| SHUCK UP | 1 |
| SITTING ON THE ANXIOUS BENCH | 1 |
| SO IMPATIENT | 1 |
| SORE IN THE SADDLE | 1 |
| SPLUTTERING | 1 |
| STANDING ON HIS EARS | 1 |
| STANDING ON HIS HEAD | 1 |
| STEWING | 1 |
| STEWING AWAY | 1 |
| STEWING SLOWLY | 1 |
| SURE DISAPPOINTED | 1 |
| SURE TEED OFF | 1 |
| SURE UPSET | 1 |
| SWEATING | 1 |
| SWEATING IT | 1 |
| TEARING HIS HAIR OUT | 1 |
| TEED OFF | 1 |
| TENSED UP | 1 |
| TERRIBLY CONCERNED | 1 |
| TERRIBLY WORRIED | 1 |
| THROWING A FIT | 1 |
| TORE UP | 1 |
| TRAMPING THE FLOOR | 1 |
| TWISTING HIS FINGERS | 1 |
| TWITCHY | 1 |
| UNHAPPY | 1 |
| UP ON HIS TOES | 1 |
| UPSET ABOUT IT | 1 |
| VERY AGGRAVATED | 1 |
| VERY CONCERNED | 1 |
| VERY DISAPPOINTED | 1 |
| VERY DISHEARTED | 1 |
| VERY EXPECTANT | 1 |
| VERY MUCH UPSET | 1 |
| VERY TENSE | 1 |
| VERY UNEASY | 1 |
| VERY WORRIED | 1 |
| WAITING | 1 |
| WAITING ON PINS AND NEEDLES | 1 |
| WAITING ON THE BABY | 1 |
| WALKING ON EGGS | 1 |
| WALKING UP AND DOWN | 1 |
| WIRED | 1 |
| WORKED UP OVER IT | 1 |
| WORRIED STIFF | 1 |
| WORRYING HIS HEAD OFF | 1 |
| WORRYWART | 1 |
| WRECK | 1 |
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