英语词组on tenterhooks是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	on tenterhooks
释义	on tenterhooks in a state of suspense or agitation because of uncertainty about a future event. ☞ A tenter is a framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during the manufacturing process; in the past tenterhooks were hooks or bent nails fixed in the tenter to hold the fabric in position. The metaphorical use of the phrase for an agitated state of mind dates from the mid 18th century.
随便看	neck of the woods neck or nothing neck or nothing Ned Kelly need needle needs needs must need something like a hole in the head need something like a hole in the head need your head examined need your head examined (or examining) need your head examining neither neither chick nor child neither chick nor child neither fish nor fowl neither fish nor fowl (nor good red herring) neither fish nor fowl (nor good red herring) neither fish nor fowl (nor good red herring) neither fish nor good red herring neither here nor there neither hide nor hair of neither hide nor hair of someone Nellie

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