翘首而望: lift up one's head in expectation [hope]; be on the tiptoe of expectation; raise one's head and look; raise the head and stand on tiptoe expecting
这正是他数月来翘首企盼的: he knew this was what he had wanted to do for months, to knock at the door, embrace his mother and his sisters, walk aross the floors of the house, sit in the old chairs, sleep in his bed,
