七上八下 meaning in English
(his heart seemed to him) like a well in which seven buckets are drawn up and eight dropped down -- an unsettled state of mind.; be agitated [excited; perturbed]; in a mental flurry of indecision
Examples
- I had got so uneasy i could not set still .
我心里七上八下，坐也不安稳。 - An uncertain but unceasing disquiet is upon me .
不知道什么缘故，我始终觉得心里七上八下的。 - His mind was in a turmoil .
他心里七上八下。 - An uncertain but unceasing disquiet is upon me ...
不知道什么缘故，我始终觉得心里七上八下的。 - His heart clanged like fifteen buckets in a single well .
他心头上十五个吊桶打水，七上八下。