芒刺在背 máng cì zài bèi

máng cì zài bèi set phrase feeling brambles and thorns in one's back; uneasy and nervous; to be on pins and needles
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '芒刺在背')

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• 卷六十八 霍光金日磾傳 Volume 68: Huo Guang and Jin Midi Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
• 卷一百二十一　　列傳第四十六　　　　劉鍾崔二王 Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the two Kings New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
• 卷三一　補列傳第二三 王昕 弟晞 Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wang Xin; Wang Xi Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 1
• 卷二十四　列傳第十二:　崔逞 王憲 封懿 Volume 24 Biographies 12: Cui Cheng, Wang Xian, Feng Yi History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
• 卷四十六 Scroll 46 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1