'feeling on edge' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
This phrase is an idiom meaning to be feeling anxious and uneasy, often due to being in a stressful situation. For example, "She was feeling on edge before the job interview."
Everything feels a bit less scary now, but message requests still leave me feeling on edge.
The post-Charlottesville climate has left many Jewish organizations feeling on edge.
Learning to evaluate both your relationships and environments realistically (not in extremes!) is essential to not feeling on edge all of the time.
But recent violence in Kabul — including deadly attacks at La Taverna restaurant and the Serena Hotel, as well as a guesthouse used by foreigners — left expats there feeling on edge.
Under changes for the DSM-5 proposed by experts convened by the APA, symptoms such as excessive worry, restlessness, feeling on edge, avoiding activities that cause anxiety, and being overly concerned about health or finances or family would have to be present for only three months rather than six to justify a diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).
These include: flashbacks to when she may have learned of the cheating, anxiety, feeling on edge, depressed, having bad dreams related to the event, and poor sleep quality.
For one, because I generally don't like seeing action movies -- feeling on the edge of my pulse for two hours is not, actually, pleasant.
At this point in the film, she already had been arrested following her participation in a protest against a government official, so everyone present in the room was feeling quite on edge.
It should be used to calm you down when you're feeling particularly on edge.
Using these, the firm has piloted mood cards in some NHS trusts, from which staff can pick one of three moods to describe how they're feeling on a particular day: on the edge; having a good day, feeling fine; on go-slow, feeling disengaged.
Children as young as five may also show signs of post-traumatic stress in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, including intrusive thoughts, nightmares and a feeling of being permanently "on edge".
