Traductions de „tenterhooks“ dans le dictionnaire anglais » polonais

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tenterhooks [ˈtentəhʊks, Am -tɚ-] SUBST plur

to be on tenterhooks

siedzieć jak na szpilkach

Expressions couramment utilisées avec tenterhooks

to be on tenterhooks

siedzieć jak na szpilkach

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

The list of culprits was published morning by morning in small installments, so that hundreds of politicians had to live on tenterhooks for months.

en.wikipedia.org

At the moment, we are on tenterhooks hoping that the trapped driver will miraculously be pulled out alive and unhurt.

www.stuff.co.nz

He held up the process for approximately 30 minutes during which the nation was on tenterhooks.

thenationonlineng.net

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.

www.edp24.co.uk

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

en.wikipedia.org

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

www.dailymail.co.uk

And enough twists and turns to keep a reader on tenterhooks until a highly satisfying ending is delivered.

www.npr.org

But you're always on tenterhooks because you just know something else is lurking around the next corner.

www.electricpig.co.uk

These processes are followed by stretching the cloth on great frames known as tenters, to which it is attached by tenterhooks.

en.wikipedia.org

Such a scenario would keep markets on tenterhooks for the next six months.

www.dailyreckoning.com.au