| 词组 | on tenterhooks |
| 释义 | on tenterhooks anxiously waiting for news about someone or something. She was on tenterhooks until her son called and said he was not hurt. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tenterhook (= a hook that holds cloth that is stretched to dry), suggesting that someone's emotions are tightly stretched like a piece of cloth held by tenterhooks |
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