On tenterhooks
提心吊胆,焦虑不安
🧩 词语组成解析
on
[ɑn]
prep. （表示方向）向;（表示对象）对;（表示位置）在…上;（表示时间）在…之时;
adv. （放，穿，连接）上;向前，（继续）下去;
adj. 活动着的情况，状态;使用着的;发生着的;计划中的;
tenterhooks
[['tentəbuks]]
n. <纺>拉幅钩; 如坐针毡, 忐忑不安
🗣️ 情景例句
Things are never as bad as they seem.
事情往往不像看上去的那么糟。
It is as well to know which way the wind blows.
识时务者为俊杰。
There was no electricity in my dorm last night.
昨晚我宿舍没电。