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Question
What does the phrase ‘as if he were on needles’ mean? Can you think of another phrase with a similar meaning substituting the word ‘needles’?
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Solution
It means feeling very restless and uncomfortable. A similar phrase is “as if he were sitting on hot bricks.”
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