on tenterhooks

基本解釋

He was on tenterhooks of expectation during our conversation.
在我們談話時(shí)，他因有所期待而如坐針氈。 %。
Harry Potter fans are on tenterhooks before a press conference in which JK Rowling has promised to lift the veil on her next venture.
這場(chǎng)新聞發(fā)佈會(huì)之前，哈迷們都寢食難安，因爲(wèi)JK羅琳承諾要在會(huì)上爲(wèi)她的下一步擧動(dòng)揭開(kāi)麪紗。
You can't imagine how worded I am, sister. We haven't got any good doctors nowadays, either. This illness is keeping me on tenterhooks.
嬸子，你說(shuō)我心焦不心焦?況且如今又沒(méi)個(gè)好大夫，我想到他這病上，我心裡倒象針紥似的。

just to keep you poised and on tenterhooks.
這是爲(wèi)了吊你們的好奇心。
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