on tenterhooks
短语提心吊胆,焦虑不安
发音
UK
/ˌɒn ˈtɛntəhʊks/
AU
US
/ˌɔn ˈtɛntəɹˌhʊks/
US
/ˌɑn-/
US
/-ɾəɹ-/
别名
on tender hooks
on the tenterhooks
释义与例句
phr.
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1.
In a state of (great) apprehension or suspense; on pins and needles; on the rack.
习语
词源
Metaphorically stretched taut, like a piece of cloth on a tenter (“a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried”) secured by tenterhooks. First attested in the mid-1700s.
来源：wiktionary