estar com bicho-carpinteiro

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Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

estar com bicho-carpinteiro (first-person singular present estou com bicho-carpinteiro, first-person singular preterite estive com bicho-carpinteiro, past participle estado com bicho-carpinteiro)

  1. (idiomatic) to have ants in one's pants (to be agitated and fidgety)
    Synonyms: ter fogo no rabo, ter bicho-carpinteiro