Translations for „on tenterhooks“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

on tenterhooks ADV (feelings & emotions)

on tenterhooks

بِصَبْر يَكَاد يَنْفَد

on tenterhooks

on tenterhooks

بِفَارِغِ الصّبْر

be on tenterhooks VB

be on tenterhooks

كانَ على أحَرّ مِنَ الجَمْر

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English

His fans had been kept on tenterhooks by the story because he published it in instalments and was about halfway through when he suddenly died.

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It is not surprising, therefore, that villagers, businesses and schools are on tenterhooks over the possibility of the village losing one of its oldest friends.

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But this weekend's windfall has everyone on tenterhooks, including real estate agents, hoping to keep the money in town.

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To keep someone on tenterhooks, knowing that she is likely to be watched as she goes about her daily life, seems to me remarkably cruel.

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Now, viewers remain on tenterhooks amid speculation that she may be in the grip of more than one abductor.

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So now we're on tenterhooks, waiting like a nervous family in a maternity ward.

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It is from this process that we have the expression on tenterhooks, meaning in a state of nervous tension.

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One that opts for relationship remaining on tenterhooks and another that is quite willing to improve ties by exchange of cultural events and sporting ties.

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For all that we know the outcome, it has us on tenterhooks!

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Everyone around him was on tenterhooks, afraid of making a wrong move and invoking his wrath.

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