На иголках и на чемоданах | On pins and needles and ready for a trip

Я как на иголках. Сижу на чемоданах. Do you know what these idioms mean?📍🧳🤔

(сидеть) как на иголках = literally “to sit like on needles”; to be on pins and needles; to be nervous about something; to anticipate something

(сидеть) на чемоданах = literally “to sit on the suitcases”; to be ready for a trip

Both phrases take the prepositional plural:

• иголка - иголки - иголках

• чемодан - чемоданы - чемоданах

Very often the verb сидеть (to sit) is omitted, and the prepositional phrase is used alone.