on tenterhooks
21on tenterhooks — adjective /ˌɒn ˈtɛn.təɹˌhʊks/ In a state of suspense or apprehension. Why do you keep me on tenterhooks like this, putting me off and off? Syn: on pins and needles …
22on tenterhooks — carefully, cautiously, afraid to move He s cautious since his accident. He drives around on tenterhooks …
23on tenterhooks — she s been on tenterhooks ever since the job interview Syn: in suspense, waiting with bated breath; anxious, nervous, apprehensive, worried, worried sick, on edge, edgy, antsy, tense, strained, stressed, agitated, restless, worked up, keyed up,… …
24on tenterhooks — This means that she is waiting impatiently and excitedly for something …
25on tenterhooks — nervous because you do not know what is going to happen We were all on tenterhooks waiting for her answer …
26on tenterhooks — Synonyms and related words: addled, agitated, all overish, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, at a loss, baffled, bamboozled, beat, bothered, buffaloed, concerned, confounded, dazed, disquieted, disturbed, fearful, floored, foreboding, fuddled …
27on tenterhooks — tense, on pins and needles , nervous …
28on tenterhooks — in a state of agitated suspense. → tenterhook …
29on tenterhooks — idi in a state of uneasy suspense or painful anxiety …
30On tenterhooks — This means that she is waiting impatiently and excitedly for something …