tűkön ül

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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(needle) +‎ -k (plural suffix) +‎ -ön (on, case suffix) +‎ ül (to sit), literally to sit on needles

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tűkön ül

  1. (idiomatic) to be on pins and needles, be on tenterhooks, be like a cat on a hot tin roof, be like a cat on hot bricks (to wait for the beginning or the end of something restlessly, with agonizing impatience)
    Ti csak beszéltetek, én pedig itt közben tűkön ültem!You were just talking, while I have been sitting here on tenterhooks!

Conjugation

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  • For the verb, see ül.
  • The inflected noun tűkön remains unchanged.