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Что (кто) такое on tenterhooks - определение
HOOKED NAIL FOR USE IN A TENTERFRAME
Tenter hooks; Tenter; Tenter hook; Tenterhooks; Tenderhook; Tenderhooks; Tenter frame; On tenterhooks; Stenter frame
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![Tenterhooks on what may be the world's last remaining 18th-century tenter frames at [[Otterburn Mill]], Northumberland.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tenter Frames, Otterburn Mill, Northumberland.jpg?width=200 "Tenterhooks on what may be the world's last remaining 18th-century tenter frames at [[Otterburn Mill]], Northumberland.")
on tenterhooks
in a state of agitated suspense.
tenterhook
¦ noun historical a hook used to fasten cloth on a tenter.
Phrases
on tenterhooks in a state of agitated suspense.
tenterhooks
n. on tenterhooks ('in suspense')
Википедия
Tenterhook
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Tenterhooks or tenter hooks are hooked nails in a device called a tenter. Tenters were wooden frames which were used as far back as the 14th century in the process of making woollen cloth. They are now superseded by stenter pins.
The phrase "on tenterhooks" has become a metaphor for nervous anticipation.
Примеры употребления для on tenterhooks
1. The first hour of the film keeps you on tenterhooks.
2. With Paris and London remaining and millions on tenterhooks, the IOC voted one last time.
3. That is how things are run in Labor÷ the candidates are on tenterhooks.
4. But the head waiter looked terrified, the rest of the staff on tenterhooks throughout.
5. We were kept on tenterhooks right up until the last moment.