Julia Huong
2022-05-22 03:05
(be) on tenterhooks phrase informal
To feel worried, excited, or nervous about something.
I wasn't sure if I did well on the test. Therefore, I was on tenterhooks when the teacher gave it back.
Your parents were on tenterhooks until they heard that you passed your exam.
He was on tenterhooks while waiting for declaring the result of an election.
To shake a lot due to the cold or fear
be so excited or nervous about that something and want to know what is going to happen next
To be very anxious
Too excited or nervous about something to be still or calm.
When you say it's giving me life, it means you are really into something.
The verb "be" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
To be outperformed or outrun by someone, usually by a very wide margin.
You have to be quicker to finish this task or you will eat other my dust.
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