We've found 10 phrases for needle (0.116 seconds):

camel through the eye of a needle »    Hyperbole to illustrate that something is almost impossible to do or to happen.

cast off »    To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

cast on »    To start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.

it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God »    The rich can afford more immoral behavior than the poor.

needle in a haystack »    Something that is difficult or impossible to locate; something impossibly complex or intractable.

on pins and needles »    Feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety; in a state of suspense.

pick up stitches »    Stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac.

piss and moan »    To complain, especially needlessly and loudly.

take up »    That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

waste breath »    To speak in a manner which is needless or futile; in discussion or argument to make points which are not appreciated or heeded.

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