on tenterhooks
US /ɑn ˈtɛntɚhʊks/
・UK /ɒn ˈtentəhʊks/
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idm.In a state of nervous waiting or suspense.
We were on tenterhooks before the final announcement.
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- We were on tenterhooks, anxiously awaiting word from the owners,
We were on tenterhooks, anxiously awaiting word from the owners,
- We were on tenterhooks, anxiously awaiting word from the owners and were both crestfallen when they rejected our offer.
We were on tenterhooks, anxiously awaiting word from the owners and were both crestfallen when they rejected our offer.
Sam Altman to return as OpenAI boss days after being sacked - BBC News
- And we've been waiting on tenterhooks for about 30 hours.
And we've been waiting on tenterhooks for about 30 hours.
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- Everyone on tenterhooks because we've just seen the carnage of the sprint start the day before, but
Everyone on tenterhooks because we've just seen the carnage of the sprint start the day before, but
Trump hints at limited military strikes to try to ‘nudge along’ nuclear talks with Iran
- So, you know, that's why we're all kind of on tenterhooks, to kind of see what he may or may not do.
So, you know, that's why we're all kind of on tenterhooks, to kind of see what he may or may not do.
US strikes military targets on Iran's Kharg Island
- So for the last, I'd say, 24 hours, this has been a region that has been on tenterhooks about what might happen next.
So for the last, I'd say, 24 hours, this has been a region that has been on tenterhooks about what might happen next.
- So for the last, I'd say, 24 hours, this has been a region that has been on tenterhooks about what might happen next.
So for the last, I'd say, 24 hours, this has been a region that has been on tenterhooks about what might happen next.
Is Israel using Palestinian tax revenues as leverage? | DW News
- But he's also keeping the Palestinian economy on tenterhooks by refusing to issue key letters of indemnity and indemnification by Israeli correspondent banks to Palestinian banks sorry, from the Israeli finance minister to Israeli correspondent banks.
But he's also keeping the Palestinian economy on tenterhooks by refusing to issue key letters of indemnity and indemnification by Israeli correspondent banks to Palestinian banks sorry, from the Israeli finance minister to Israeli correspondent banks.
- The efforts by the far-right ministers are not being implemented except to the extent that the economy is kept very weak and very dependent and totally on tenterhooks.
The efforts by the far-right ministers are not being implemented except to the extent that the economy is kept very weak and very dependent and totally on tenterhooks.