anxious seat
anx′ious seat`
n.
1. Also called anx′ious bench`. mourners' bench.
2. a state of anxiety caused esp. by uncertainty over an outcome.
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Translations
anxious seat
n (US Rel) → Sünderbank f; to be on the anxious seat (fig) → wie auf (glühenden) Kohlen sitzen, Blut und Wasser schwitzen
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