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What does "on the edge of my seat" mean?

Vocabulary Word: on the edge of my seat

1. Definition (expr.) when a movie makes you very excited and nervous

Examples During the prison escape scene, I was on the edge of my seat.

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OPQ

OPQ

China

I am in a black forest with some people that I don’t know them. then I hear some sounds of wild animals and hear some sounds of crows. I can’t believe all that is true. We have to excape the place. During we escape the black forest I was on the edge of the seat. Suddenly, I open my eyes, oh ! it’s just a dream.


I am interesting in ghost stories, but when I listening a ghost story on a radio, I was on the edge of the seat.

04:38 AM Apr 11 2015 |

La Princesse de la vie

Egypt

Watching The Hobbit, I was on the edge of the seat all along the movie.

08:51 AM Apr 09 2015 |

naser_dma

naser_dma

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

When I went to the the beach for the first time I was on the edge of my seat.

04:54 AM Nov 07 2013 |

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