Idioms
See tenterhooks in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(be) on tenterhooks
(North American English also be on pins and needles)
- (to be) very anxious or excited while you are waiting to find out something or see what will happen
- I've been on tenterhooks all week waiting for the results.
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