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plural nounkeep somebody on tenterhooks — jemanden auf die Folter spannen
* * *['tentəhuks]- academic.ru/115321/be_on_tenterhooks">be on tenterhooks* * *ten·ter·hooks[ˈtentəhʊks, AM -tɚ-]n pl Spannhaken m▪ to be [kept] on \tenterhooks wie auf glühenden Kohlen sitzen▪ to be on \tenterhooks to do sth es kaum abwarten können, etw zu tunto keep sb on \tenterhooks jdn auf die Folter spannen* * *['tentəhʊks]pl* * *plural nounbe on tenterhooks — [wie] auf glühenden Kohlen sitzen
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Spannhaken m;to be [kept] on \tenterhooks wie auf glühenden Kohlen sitzen;to be on \tenterhooks to do sth es kaum abwarten können, etw zu tun;to keep sb on \tenterhooks jdn auf die Folter spannen -
3 keep someone on his / her toes in Spannung: on tenterhooks
English-German idiom dictionary > keep someone on his / her toes in Spannung: on tenterhooks
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