提心吊胆的英文怎么说

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提心吊胆的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
hang/heart/hang/gallbladder
One's heart and gallbladder are hung up.
[解释]
形容十分担心或害怕。
[Explanation]
One's heart stands still.
[例子]
她的丈夫是一名缉毒警察，经常不在家里，她整天过着提心吊胆的生活。
[Example]
Her husband was a police in charge of drug investigation and was often not at home. She lived a life which was filled with anxiety.
[英文等价词]
to have one's heart in one's mouth
to be very scared and on edge
参考例句：

with nervous diffidence
提心吊胆地

The possibility of losing her job hung over her like a sword of Damocles all last year.
去年她一直提心吊胆生怕失去工作.

Once he piloted my wife Nancy and me in his helicopter on a hair-raising ride at treetop level.
有一次，他驾直升飞机让我妻子南希和我作了一次只有树梢那样高的飞行，这真叫人提心吊胆。

The cold war has unsettled people's minds.
冷战使人人提心吊胆。

Don't be so scary.
不要那样的提心吊胆。

She was haunted by fears.
她老是提心吊胆。

He hates to lead an adventurous life.
他不想过提心吊胆的生活。

A wrongdoer haunted by fear of discovery
经常提心吊胆怕被人发现的作恶者

A wrongdoer is constantly haunted by fear of discovery
作恶者常提心吊胆,怕被别人发觉。

He was haunted by his looming perils
他为隐约呈现的灾祸提心吊胆。