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Significats de wait on tenterhooks en anglès

Encara no tenim significats per a "wait on tenterhooks".
Ús de wait on tenterhooks en anglès
1
We don't have to wait on tenterhooks wondering if these incidents will "create the conditions" for racism.
The Irish Times
2
I waited on tenterhooks; then I could bear the suspense no longer.'
Chatterbox, 1906
3
He waited on tenterhooks for her reply.
Apocalypse of the Dead
4
I waited on tenterhooks.
The day the falls stood still
5
"They have found bones at Angelfield!" I was all eyes, all ears, waiting on tenterhooks for an admission to emerge from her.
The thirteenth tale: a novel