nail-biting

a nail-biting event or period of time makes you feel very nervous, usually because you are waiting for something important to happen (always before noun) The teams were very evenly matched and played a close game right up to the nail-biting finish.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zvezdana	ZVEZ-dah-nah (Serbian)	Serbian, Slovene
Allissa	ə-LIS-ə	English (Rare)
Gordon	GAWR-dən	Scottish, English
Thurman	['θə:mən]
Ese	AY-sə	Frisian
Routh	-	Biblical Greek