bite (one's) nails Idiom, Proverb

hard as nails

physically very fit and strong, rough, stern He is as hard as nails and is not a good person to have an argument with.

spitting nails

very angry, very mad, hot, pissed Art was spitting nails when my dog scratched the paint on his car.

bite one's nails

Idiom(s): bite one's nails

Theme: ANXIETY

to be nervous or anxious; to bite one's fingernails from nervousness or anxiety. (Used both literally and figuratively.)
• I spent all afternoon biting my nails, worrying about you.
• We've all been biting our nails from worry.

as hard as nails|hard|nail|nails

adj. phr. Very unfeeling; cruel, and unsympathetic. Uncle Joe is as hard as nails; although he is a millionaire, he doesn't help his less fortunate relatives.

bed of nails|bed|nail|nails

n. phr. A difficult or unhappy situation or set of circumstances. "There are days when my job is a regular bed of nails," Jim groaned.
Antonym: BED OF ROSES.

hard as nails|hard|nail|nails

adj. phr., informal 1. Not flabby or soft; physically very fit; tough and strong. After a summer of work in the country, Jack was as hard as nails, without a pound of extra weight. 2. Not gentle or mild; rough; stern. Johnny works for a boss who is as hard as nails and scolds Johnny roughly whenever he does something wrong.

bite (one's) nails

1. Literally, to chaw on one's fingernails and abbreviate them. I ambition I didn't chaw my nails, but it's been such a adamantine addiction to try to break. My sister gets approved manicures to accumulate from bitter her nails.2. To nervously anticipate something. I've been bitter my nails anytime back I submitted my appliance for my first-choice college.Learn more: bite, nail

bite one's nails

1. to use one's teeth to abolish genitalia of one's fingernails as a agency of abridgement them. Stop bitter your nails! Use clippers!
2. to actually chaw one's nails from agitation or anxiety; to be abashed or anxious. I spent all afternoon bitter my nails, annoying about you. We've all been bitter our nails from worry.Learn more: bite, nail

bite one's nails

Exhibit signs of anxiety, impatience, or nervousness, as in We'll be bitter our nails till the board comes back. Bitter one's fingernails is a accustomed assurance of affecting tension. The Roman carper Horace declared it about 35 b.c.: "As he wrought his ballad he would generally ... champ his nails to the quick" ( Satires, Book 1). Learn more: bite, nail

bite your ˈnails/ˈfingernails

feel actual excited, nervous, or abashed ▶ ˈnail-biting adj. actual agitative or tense: What an agitative cine that was — absolute nail-biting stuff!Learn more: bite, fingernail, nail

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