Mobile
Log In Sign Up
Home > chinese-english > "提心吊胆" in English

English translation for "提心吊胆"

[ tíxīndiàodǎn ] 
be always on tenterhooks; be filled with anxiety [fear]; be haunted with fear; be in a blue funk; be in great terror; breathless with fear; have a thrill of horror; have one's heart in one's mouth; have one's nerves kept on tenterhooks; have one's mind kept on the stretch; hold one's breath; in breathless anxiety; in fear and dread; live in constant fear; one's heart is in one's mouth.; pull up one's socks; tremble with fear; worry

Related Translations:
提心吊胆的:  choosing bold colors can be a bit scary
永远提心吊胆过日子:  live on tenterhooks forever
叫人提心吊胆:  hair raising
提心吊胆地等待最后的结果:  wait for the other shoe to drop
经常提心吊胆怕被人发现的作恶者:  a wrongdoer haunted by fear of discovery
Example Sentences:
1.He was haunted by his looming perils .
他为隐约呈现的灾祸提心吊胆
2.He is afraid of his own shadow .
提心吊胆,连自己的影子都害怕。
3.Her husband is now freed of anxiety .
她丈夫如今不必提心吊胆了。
4.Okey, so we stay on our toes in the tower .
好吧!我们就在指挥塔里提心吊胆好了。
5.I was mortally afraid she'd ask me to go with her .
提心吊胆怕她要我跟她一块去。
6.Her fears had always been on the alert for an upheaval .
她日夜提心吊胆,严防突变。
7.It is sometimes a disadvantage to be so very guarded .
这样提心吊胆,有时候反而不妙。
8.You keep me in constant dread .
你老叫我提心吊胆
9.Beck developed a somewhat anxious curiosity about him .
贝克对他有一种有点提心吊胆的好奇心。
10.It was stirring times, that black and bitter night .
那个漆黑和寒冷的夜晚是够令人提心吊胆的。
Similar Words:
"提箱费" English translation, "提携" English translation, "提携角" English translation, "提谢特" English translation, "提锌" English translation, "提心吊胆的" English translation, "提心吊胆地等待最后的结果" English translation, "提刑" English translation, "提行" English translation, "提醒" English translation