提心吊胆

提心吊胆 [tí xīn diào dǎn]

1. ■ be always on tenterhooks; be filled with anxiety [fear]; be haunted with fear; be in a blue funk; be in great terror; breathless with fear; have a thrill of horror; have one's heart in one's mouth; have one's nerves kept on tenterhooks; have one's mind kept on the stretch; hold one's breath; in breathless anxiety; in fear and dread; live in constant fear; One's heart is in one's mouth.; pull up one's socks; tremble with fear; worry