on tenterhooks

基本解釋

He was on tenterhooks of expectation during our conversation.
在我們談話時，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.
這場新聞發(fā)布會之前，哈迷們都寢食難安，因為JK羅琳承諾要在會上為她的下一步舉動揭開面紗。
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，你說我心焦不心焦?況且如今又沒個好大夫，我想到他這病上，我心里倒象針扎似的。

just to keep you poised and on tenterhooks.
這是為了吊你們的好奇心。
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