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on pins and needles
Worried; nervous.
Быть обеспокоенным, встревоженным; "быть на иголках".
Jane's mother was on pins and needles because Jane was very late getting home from school.
Many famous actors are on pins and needles before the curtain opens for a play.
Scott was on pins and needles while he waited for the results of the exams.
Скотт был, как на иголках, пока ждал результаты экзамена.
on sale
Selling for a special low price.
John and Mary couldn't sell all of the lemonade at twenty cents a cup so they have it on sale for ten cents a cup.
Tomato soup that is usually sold for sixty cents a can is now on sale for fifty cents.
on the air
Broadcasting or being broadcast on radio or TV.
His show is on the air at six o'clock.
The ball game is on the air now.
on the alert
Alert; watchful; careful.
Campers must be on the alert for poison ivy and poison oak.
Drivers must be on the alert for traffic signals.
on the bandwagon
climb on the bandwagon
jump on the bandwagon
get on the bandwagon
In or into the newest popular group or activity; in or into something you join just because many others are joining it. Often used after climb, get, or jump.
When all George's friends decided to vote for Bill, George climbed on the bandwagon too.
To join a popular cause or movement.
At the last possible moment, the senator jumped on the winning candidate's bandwagon.
on the beam
Of an airplane. In the radio beam that marks the path to follow between airports; flying in the right direction.
A radio signal tells the pilot of an airplane when he is flying on the beam.
Doing well; just right; good or correct.
Kenneth's answer was right on the beam.
on the brain
Filling your thoughts; too much thought about; almost always in mind.
Joe's hobby is ham radio and he has radio on the brain most of the time.
Mary Ann has boys on the brain.
on the cheap
Inexpensively; on a tight budget.
She buys most of her clothes on the cheap in secondhand stores.