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提心吊胆 /tíxīndiàodǎn/ meaning in English

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提心吊胆 /tíxīndiàodǎn/ verb

wait for the other shoe to drop(to await an undesirable inevitability)
verb

提心吊胆 /tíxīndiàodǎn/ preposition

on pins and needlespreposition

提心吊胆 /tíxīndiàodǎn/ noun

one's heart in one's mouth(to be very scared (idiom))
noun