être sur les dents

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.tʁə syʁ le dɑ̃/
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Verb

être sur les dents

  1. (informal, figuratively) to be knackered, to be exhausted
    Synonym: être sur les rotules
  2. (informal, figuratively) to be on edge
    Synonym: être sur les nerfs
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