on edge

on edge
on edge
1. Lit. on something's own edge. •

Can you stand a dime on edge?

•

You should store these crates on edge, not lying flat.

2. Fig. nervous. (As if one were balanced as in Q. See also on the edge.) •

I have really been on edge lately.

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Why are you so on edge?

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{adj. phr.} Excited or nervous; impatient. * /The magician kept the children on edge all through his show./ * /We were all on edge as we listened to the TV for news of the election results./ * /Father was on edge after driving home through the heavy holiday traffic./ See: SET ONE'S TEETH ON EDGE. Contrast: AT EASE(2).

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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