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1 lit. as if sitting on pins and needles

2 fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation

1 to sit still and do nothing

2 to sit tight

1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance

1 akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug)

2 unable to sit still

3 hyperactivity

4 restlessness

1 lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded

1 sit-in protest

1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance

1 to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)

1 to do a parachute jump

1 the whole audience silent with expectation

1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation

2 a cool head in a crisis

1 toilet seat

1 sit-in protest demonstration

1 sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)

1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)

2 restless

3 fidgety

1 to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"

1 pedestal type WC

1 to be in prison

1 to sit upright and still (idiom)

1 vegetative existence

2 to consume passively without doing anything useful