pins and needles

Noun

Meaning

a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation

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I have had heart surgery three times, so I know what it was like to have pins and needles stuck in you. Josh Ryan Evans

You can't do television shows caring whether or not the network picks you up. You can only do them enjoying the work, because if you're always on pins and needles about whether you'll be picked up, you'll lose your mind. I learned that the hard way. Jon Cryer

But he was conspicuously quiet Tuesday about one big issue keeping much of the globe on pins and needles: the spread of a deadly new type of coronavirus. Source: Internet

Peripheral neuropathic pain is often described as "burning", "tingling", "electrical", "stabbing", or "pins and needles". Source: Internet

February 23, 2011 - Potent bouquet: flowers, pins and needles. Source: Internet

Symptoms typically develop over the course of hours or days and may progress after weeks. citation Sensory symptoms of transverse myelitis may include a sensation of pins and needles traveling up from the feet. Source: Internet

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