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  • What does it mean to be on tenterhooks? | Merriam-Webster
    When someone is in a state of uneasiness or suspense, you might say that person is on tenterhooks We're on the edge of our seats to learn more Other property owners in the area remain on tenterhooks
  • Tenterhook - Wikipedia
    The lengths of wet cloth were stretched on the tenter using tenterhooks, hooked nails made with a long shank that was driven into the wooden tenter frame around its perimeter, on which the selvedges were fixed so that the cloth would retain its shape and size as it dried
  • On Tenterhooks - Meaning Origin Of The Phrase - Phrasefinder
    To be ‘on tenterhooks’ is to be in a state of uncomfortable suspense or impatience What's the origin of the phrase 'On tenterhooks'? Tenterhooks aren’t connected with tents, nor are they the hooks used by butchers, as the common misspelling ‘tenderhooks’ might suggest
  • on tenterhooks vs. on tender hooks : Pardon the Expression . . .
    To be on tenterhooks means to be stretched tight or to be tense while in anticipation or suspense The phrase is often preceded by "waiting," which emphasizes the quality of anxious uncertainty, a kind of worry that you feel physically
  • TENTERHOOKS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    It would be quite impossible to keep a man on tenterhooks for 24 hours They are on tenterhooks—their livelihoods are at stake and their families do not know what will happen It will be welcomed by the work force, whose members have been on tenterhooks for about 18 months
  • Tenterhooks: Definition, Meaning and Origin - US Dictionary
    The idiom "tenterhooks" is used to express the feeling of suspense, anxiety, or impatience due to uncertainty or a pending outcome If you're on tenterhooks, you're anxiously waiting for something to happen
  • Tenterhooks - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
    Extended figuratively to anything that painfully strains or tortures; to be on the tenter, on tenters was "on the rack" 1530s, hence "in distress or suspense " The common figurative phrase on tenterhooks "in painful suspense" is attested from 1748; earlier be on tenters (1530s)
  • What Does on Tenterhooks Mean? - Writing Explained
    Definition: In suspense; in a nervous state This expression would have been easier to understand many years ago, when tenters and tenterhooks were still commonly seen Nowadays, these items are so rare that most people do not even know what they are
  • Tenterhooks or Tenderhooks? - Quick and Dirty Tips
    First, let’s get one thing straight: you are on TENTERhooks, not TENDERhooks To be on tenterhooks is to be filled with painful or anxious anticipation or suspense, such as when you’re waiting for the result of an important medical test
  • tenterhook - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
    If you are on tenterhooks, you are very nervous or excited, because you are keen to know what is going to happen The market was on tenterhooks about the size of the rate cut `It was a good match wasn't it?





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