a state in which you keep making small movements, especially without meaning to, for example because you are nervous or bored

I got the fidgets halfway through the lecture. 演讲听到中途我就坐不住了。

That morning, he seemed to have a bad case of the fidgets.

I got a real fit of the fidgets during the show.

It was a hot afternoon, and all the children had the fidgets.

If you get the fidgets, why not go out for a brisk walk?

See also: fidget noun