ON TENTERHOOKS


Meaning of ON TENTERHOOKS in English

phrasal

: in a state of uneasiness, strain, or suspense

the new men are frankly on tenterhooks, for they have a career at stake — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude

puts his readers right on tenterhooks — W.G.Rogers

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.