"pins & needles"?

[Ed Keer]

I can't remmeber the original artist off the top of my
head, but the Ramones covered it.

Ed

--- FRITZ JUENGLING
<juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US> wrote:
> I don't find the expression odd at all.  I know it
> as describing some sort of anxiety (would never use
> it for the numbness-usage that has been suggested).
> So, the  usage that was heard on NPR doesn't bother
> me at all.  However, I think there was a song back
> in the 60's that was called "Needles and Pins."
> (does anyone know who sang it and what its correct
> title is?).  But I really have no idea what the
> 'needles and pins' in the song are for .  The order
> of words in the phrase 'pins and needles' now sounds
> a little odd to me, since I have heard that song so
> many times.  I have never heard 'tenterhooks'.
> Fritz
> Oregon
> >>> maberry at U.WASHINGTON.EDU 10/10/02 08:08AM >>>
> From OR and WA I'd expect "on pins and needles" and
> find "on tenterhooks"
> odd. I know what the expression means but wouldn't
> use it in speech.
>
> allen
> maberry at u.washington.edu
>
>
> On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, sagehen wrote:
>
> > In describing the state of alarm & nervous
> expectation experienced by
> > people in the D.C. area because of the recent
> sniper shootings, a reporter
> > on NPR this morning used the expression  "on pins
> & needles" where I'd have
> > expected "on tenterhooks."  Anyone else find this
> odd?
> > A. Murie
> >


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