idiom · neutral
on edge
UK/ɒn ɛdʒ/US/ɑn ɛdʒ/on·EDGE
speakingtask2
tense or nervous
Examples
“Everyone was on edge waiting for the final results.”
“She's been on edge all morning because of the meeting.”
“After the strange phone call, he was on edge for days.”
Band 8 sentence
“Given the recent data breaches, employees were understandably on edge about cybersecurity measures.”
Collocations
- be on edge about something
- feel on edge
Word family
edgy adjbe on pins and needles idiom
Common mistakes
I'm on the edge→I'm on edge
I am at edge→I am on edge
Say it for a higher band
5nervous→6tense→7+on edge
Synonyms
tense
on pins and needles
Easily confused
a nervous wreck
“By the time of the interview he was a nervous wreck.”
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