Hard: Pins & Needles
Hard: Pins & Needles
Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
This episode is hard so we’re looking at more difficult football phrases and idioms.
Summary
Learn more football vocabulary with Premier Skills English. Each lesson in our Premier Vocabulary section looks at one football word or phrase. This lesson looks at the phrase pins and needles.
You can find more lessons on the side of this page.
Transcript
Rich: Hello my name’s Rich and welcome to Premier Skills English - Premier Vocabulary.
Jack: Hi there! I’m Jack. We’re here to help you with your football English.
Rich: Remember you can find transcripts for all of our podcasts on the Premier Skills English website.
Jack: Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time.
Rich: We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
Jack: This episode is hard so we’re looking at more difficult football phrases and idioms. These phrases can be used to talk about football but are often useful when talking about other topics.
Rich: The phrase we are looking at in this episode is: pins and needles.
Jack: This is a very strange phrase. Pins are little bits of metal with a sharp point that are used to stick bits of paper on a board or to join bits of clothes together when sewing.
Rich: And needles are also used when sewing. Needles are the bits of metal that you use to sew. There is a tiny little hole in them to put some thread.
Jack: Needles are also used by doctors and nurses.
Rich: Yes, it’s the bit of metal that goes into your body when you have a vaccine or a nurse or doctor needs to take blood from your body.
Jack: The phrase pins and needles describes a type of tingly numbness that is not serious and everyone gets from time to time.
Rich: Last night I was watching Liverpool against Tottenham and I got pins and needles in my leg.
Jack: What a coincidence? What happened?
Rich: Well, I was sat on the sofa. It was a really exciting game and I hadn’t moved for 45 minutes and then Liverpool scored. I jumped off the sofa and then fell on the floor.
Jack: Why did you fall on the floor?
Rich: I had pins and needles in my leg. I’d lost all the feeling in my left leg and my leg gave way and I fell on the floor.
Jack: That’s a bit embarrassing.
Rich: Nobody was about and the match was finished.
Jack: It happened to me in a class once. All the students got up to leave. I had been sitting with my legs crossed - I stood up and fell on the floor in front of my students. I had pins and needles in my legs.
Rich: Now that is embarrassing!
Jack: My students were worried at first but then they found it funny.
Rich: So, pins and needles is a type of uncomfortable feeling you get when recovering from numbness.
Jack: I suppose they call it this because it feels like pins and needles sticking in your body.
Rich: Yes, but I’d rather have pins and needles than actual pins and needles sticking in my legs.
Jack: There is the final whistle!
Rich: We’ll be back soon with more Premier Vocabulary from Premier Skills English.
Jack: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
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Have you ever had pins & needles?
Have you ever had pins and needles and fallen over like Rich and Jack?
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08/09/2023
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I had pins and needles before my football match, when i was young.
Yes, when i had pins and needles i was fallen and jumped because it was bad feeling for me.
08/09/2023 11:23
Arsenal
54
I had pins and needles before my football match, when i was young.
Yes, when i had pins and needles i was fallen and jumped because it was bad feeling for me.
06/02/2023
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I think everyone ever sitting in the toilet and using mobile phone for long period and after that trying to stand up you feel pins and needles
06/02/2023 12:39
Tottenham Hotspur
690
I think everyone ever sitting in the toilet and using mobile phone for long period and after that trying to stand up you feel pins and needles
21/01/2023
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I usually have pins and needles in my legs or in my arms when I fall asleep in very uncomfortable positions, but I haven't fallen over yet.
21/01/2023 14:22
Leicester City
326
I usually have pins and needles in my legs or in my arms when I fall asleep in very uncomfortable positions, but I haven't fallen over yet.
24/11/2022
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I usually get pins and needles in my feet but sometimes in my hands.
24/11/2022 10:42
Liverpool
759
I usually get pins and needles in my feet but sometimes in my hands.
08/10/2022
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I´d pins and needles when I finished my exam, I was so concentrated that I didn't pay attention to my legs. my legs were numb at the final of my exam.
08/10/2022 20:18
Chelsea
69
I´d pins and needles when I finished my exam, I was so concentrated that I didn't pay attention to my legs. my legs were numb at the final of my exam.
13/02/2022
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I had some pins and needles sometimes, but never failed
13/02/2022 10:36
Manchester United
738
I had some pins and needles sometimes, but never failed
17/07/2021
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Hello
17/07/2021 07:12
Leeds United
31
Hello
28/05/2021
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I haven't felt like Rich and Jack (fortunately), but I have pins and needles at my body when I'm really nervous or anxious about something. Strange, isn't it?
28/05/2021 18:08
Arsenal
1512
I haven't felt like Rich and Jack (fortunately), but I have pins and needles at my body when I'm really nervous or anxious about something. Strange, isn't it?
10/02/2021
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Yes I had pins and needles very often especially on the hands when I m sitting in my bed and reading, I think it s because of my position because blood vessels are compressed when my elbow touches the sofa for long time so the blood did not flow properly. After a couple of minutes I had to stretch my arms to feel it well
10/02/2021 12:48
Chelsea
154
Yes I had pins and needles very often especially on the hands when I m sitting in my bed and reading, I think it s because of my position because blood vessels are compressed when my elbow touches the sofa for long time so the blood did not flow properly. After a couple of minutes I had to stretch my arms to feel it well
28/12/2020
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I have had pins and needles when I stay on a chair for a long time. I have never had pins and fallen like Rich and Jack
28/12/2020 16:52
Liverpool
377
I have had pins and needles when I stay on a chair for a long time. I have never had pins and fallen like Rich and Jack
19/12/2020
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Have you ever had pins & needles?
I’ve a funny pins & needles experience. I had sit on my knees for a long time in mosque with tight jeans. When I tried to stand up I had to sit immediately again. I wasn’t feeling my left leg. After waiting for a bit time conditions got to normal. I think tight jeans affected my blood circulation.
Have you ever had pins and needles and fallen over like Rich and Jack?
I had but never fell over.
Note:
I think, medically described "Restless Leg Syndrome" which happens while sleeping is another type of pins & needles.
19/12/2020 14:50
Tottenham Hotspur
5527
Have you ever had pins & needles?
I’ve a funny pins & needles experience. I had sit on my knees for a long time in mosque with tight jeans. When I tried to stand up I had to sit immediately again. I wasn’t feeling my left leg. After waiting for a bit time conditions got to normal. I think tight jeans affected my blood circulation.
Have you ever had pins and needles and fallen over like Rich and Jack?
I had but never fell over.
Note:
I think, medically described "Restless Leg Syndrome" which happens while sleeping is another type of pins & needles.
18/12/2020
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I didn't know the meaning of that phrase. Around here when you have that numbness we say "my leg has fallen asleep". There is a song by The Ramones called like that, I will listen to it again now that I know what it means.
18/12/2020 12:36
Leeds United
5086
I didn't know the meaning of that phrase. Around here when you have that numbness we say "my leg has fallen asleep". There is a song by The Ramones called like that, I will listen to it again now that I know what it means.
18/12/2020
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I have had pins & needles a few times before in my life especially during travelling long distances on my brother's car and carrying a bag on my legs.
I have never fallen over like you guys as I always stand still then move my legs slower and later try to move normally :)
18/12/2020 11:00
Manchester United
6510
I have had pins & needles a few times before in my life especially during travelling long distances on my brother's car and carrying a bag on my legs.
I have never fallen over like you guys as I always stand still then move my legs slower and later try to move normally :)
18/12/2020
points
I've had needles and pins a pair of times in my life but rather sitting down on earth, not falling over.
18/12/2020 05:32
Liverpool
6281
I've had needles and pins a pair of times in my life but rather sitting down on earth, not falling over.
18/12/2020
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One of my all-time-best musical shows is Smokies' performance of The Searchers' "Needles and Pins":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-t45AGIpc&ab_channel=smokieVEVO
18/12/2020 05:26
Liverpool
6281
One of my all-time-best musical shows is Smokies' performance of The Searchers' "Needles and Pins":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-t45AGIpc&ab_channel=smokieVEVO
18/12/2020
points
Yes I have.
I always sit with my leg bent beneath "Seiza" in Japanese tea ceremony "Sado".
So that, I have pins and needles and I cannot stand up.
18/12/2020 03:43
Liverpool
76
Yes I have.
I always sit with my leg bent beneath "Seiza" in Japanese tea ceremony "Sado".
So that, I have pins and needles and I cannot stand up.