nail-biting

a nail-biting event or period of time makes you feel very nervous, usually because you are waiting for something important to happen (always before noun) The teams were very evenly matched and played a close game right up to the nail-biting finish.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Midori	mee-do-ṙee	Japanese
Nastasia	-	Russian
Egino	-	Ancient Germanic
Ekaterina	ye-kah-tye-REE-nah (Russian), ee-kah-tee-REE-nah (Russian)	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Daan	DAH:N	Dutch
Alva (2)	AL-və	English