芒刺在背

máng cì zài bèi

Meaning

feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom); uneasy and nervous; to be on pins and needles

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芒mángblade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis艹亡刺cìto stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod朿刂在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense才土背bèiback, backside; to betray, to violate北⺼