(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.
To do something in an unusual way
I guess I like to run against the grain in everything I do.