tűkön ül

== Hungarian == === Etymology === tű (“needle”) +‎ -k (plural suffix) +‎ -ön (“on”, case suffix) +‎ ül (“to sit”), literally “to sit on needles” === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtyːkønyl] === Verb === tűkön ül (idiomatic) to be on pins and needles, be on tenterhooks, be like a cat on a hot tin roof, be like a cat on hot bricks (to wait for the beginning or the end of something restlessly, with agonizing impatience) Ti csak beszéltetek, én pedig itt közben tűkön ültem! ― You were just talking, while I have been sitting here on tenterhooks! ==== Conjugation ==== For the verb, see ül. The inflected noun tűkön remains unchanged.