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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are on edge" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a state of nervousness, anxiety, or heightened sensitivity.
Example: "After hearing the unsettling news, everyone in the office seemed to be on edge."
Alternatives: "are anxious" or "are tense."
Idiom
Be on the edge.
To be nervous or worried about something.
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The Persian Gulf states, she said, are "on edge," worried that events in Iraq will provoke homegrown extremists.
At camps along the Potomac, Union on one side, Confederate on the other, soldiers are on edge.
But retirees are on edge.
Now conservatives are on edge.
The police are on edge.
People are on edge.
Foreign institutional investors are on edge.
Apparently, his nerves are on edge.
WESTERN banks, though, are on edge.
Parents like the Dalleys are on edge.
Until that happens, the Moscow business elite are on edge.
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