pins and needles

/pˈɪnz and nˈiːdəlz/

/pˈɪnz ænd nˈiːdəlz/

pins and needles

a sharp, tingling pain in a limb, as if one is being jabbed with pins, that is a natural response of that limb recovering from numbness

Examples

1. I had pins and needles in the tips of my fingers.

2. I’ll have to move because I’m starting to get pins and needles in my foot.

3. I was on pins and needles until I found out I'd won.

4. I think we all have been sitting on pins and needles and anxious for something to happen.