坐立不安；如坐针毡，怎么样翻译成英语？

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“坐立不安；如坐针毡”，要用英语来表示这个意思，有海量的词语或者短语可以翻译到位，这里仅仅给出两个有意思的表达，请网友来补充。
be on tenterhooks
ten·ter·hooks / ˈtentəhuks; NAmE -tərh- /

noun [pl.]
IDIOMS
▪ (be) on 'tenterhooks
(NAmE also be on ˌpins and 'needles)
   (to be) very anxious or excited while you are waiting to find out sth or see what will happen
   坐立不安；如坐针毡:
   I've been on tenterhooks all week waiting for the results.
   整个星期我都在坐立不安,等待结果出来。

ORIGIN From tenterhook, a hook which in the past was used to keep material stretched on a drying frame during manufacture.
   源自 tenterhook (拉幅鈎),是过去把生产中的布料绷在干燥架上的一种鈎子。

ten∙ter∙hooks / ˈtɛntəˌhuks ; ˈtentəhʊks /
◙noun [especially BrE]
1. be on tenterhooks,  to feel nervous and excited because you are waiting to find out something or for something to happen
• 〔因等待而〕紧张不安:
»She had been on tenterhooks all night, expecting Joe to return at any moment.
  她一晚上都心神不定，等待着乔随时回来。

on tenterhooks
-waiting nervously for something to happen
-in a state of nervousness or excitement caused by wondering what will happen
   She keeps her readers on tenterhooks throughout the book.
   I've been on tenterhooks since I applied for the job.



be on pins and needles

[AmE] to be very nervous and unable to relax, especially because you are waiting for something important
• 如坐针毡，坐立不安〔尤因等待重要事情〕;
【SYN】 be on tenterhooks

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汉英字典翻译：
如坐针毡

[rú zuò zhēn zhān]

■sit on pins and needles;
as if sitting on a spiked rug;
be in an extremely uncomfortable position;
be kept on the anxious seat; be on nettles;
be on tenterhooks;
be [sit; stand; walk] upon [on] thorns;
feel as if sitting on a bed of nails;
feel extremely uneasy;
like a cat on hot bricks;
sit on a cushion of needles
-- ill at ease;
sit on thorns;
sitting on a rug [a carpet] full of needles

坐立不安[zuò lì bù ān]

1.■be on tenterhooks;

be ill at ease;

be in terrible fidgets;

be on the anxious bench [seat];
be restless whether sitting or standing;

be restless with anxiety;

be very fidgety;

cannot sit or stand in peace;

feel uneasy whether sitting or standing;

have ants in one's pants;

lose one's balance and be ill at ease;

on needles and pins;

sit on thorns