汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 提心吊胆
提心吊胆 (提心吊膽)
(saying) to be very scared and on edge
Describes very worried or scared
形容十分担心、害怕他提心吊胆地走过独木桥。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

也非常非常非常提心吊胆

And very very very scary.

我怕瓦斯告罄而提心吊胆

I was scared we'd run out of gas.

有东西让我们的祖先提心吊胆

These are things that are scary in our ancestral environment.

他们惧怕主人,提心吊胆地过日子。

They lived in fear of their master.

这样提心吊胆,我一刻也受不了了。

I couldn't bear the suspense a moment longer.

她任性易变喜怒无常,让我整天提心吊胆

I lived in terror of her sudden caprices and moods.

难怪人的事情会使小丑虾提心吊胆

No wonder people thing clowns are scary.

忘掉这种提心吊胆防护侧翼的混账事儿。

Forget this Goddamn business of worrying about our flanks.

挪亚经常处理的那些机密使我提心吊胆

All that security material Noah was always handling made me nervous.

他的母亲虽贵为皇太后,却是每天提心吊胆,不能安枕。

Although his mother was the Empress Dowager, she was so nervous about this that she could never sleep in peace.