"on edge" meaning in English

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          "nervous",
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        "(idiomatic) Tense, nervous; consequently irritable."
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "rauhaton"
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "kireä"
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "gespannt"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "mōniania'"
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "spięty"
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "de los nervios"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "alterado"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "que tiene los nervios de punta"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "al borde"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "al límite"
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          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
          "word": "på helspänn"
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          "roman": "naprúženo",
          "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
      "word": "rauhaton"
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
      "word": "monia"
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
      "word": "de los nervios"
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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      "sense": "tense, nervous with fear",
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