tenterhooks im Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Übersetzungen für tenterhooks im Englisch»Italienisch-Wörterbuch

tenterhooks [Brit ˈtɛntəhʊks, Am ˈtɛn(t)ərhʊks] SUBST npl

tenterhooks

carboni m ardenti

to be on tenterhooks

essere sui carboni ardenti or sulle spine

to keep sb on tenterhooks

tenere sulle spine qn

Übersetzungen für tenterhooks im Italienisch»Englisch-Wörterbuch

Weitere Übersetzungen und typische Wortverbindungen mit dem Suchbegriff

essere or stare sui carboni ardenti

to be on tenterhooks

stare sulle -e

to have the fidgets, to be on the rack or on tenterhooks

tenere qn sulle -e

to keep sb guessing or on tenterhooks or in suspense

tenterhooks im PONS Wörterbuch

Übersetzungen für tenterhooks im Englisch»Italienisch-Wörterbuch

tenterhooks [ˈten·t̬ɚ·hʊks] SUBST pl

to be on tenterhooks

stare sulle spine

to keep sb on tenterhooks

tenere qn sulle spine

Übersetzungen für tenterhooks im Italienisch»Englisch-Wörterbuch

Weitere Übersetzungen und typische Wortverbindungen mit dem Suchbegriff

stare [o essere] sulle -e

to be on tenterhooks

tenere qu sulla corda übtr

to keep sb on tenterhooks

tenterhooks Beispiele aus dem PONS Wörterbuch (redaktionell geprüft)

to be on tenterhooks

stare sulle spine

to keep sb on tenterhooks

tenere qn sulle spine

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

His fans had been kept on tenterhooks by the story because he published it in instalments and was about halfway through when he suddenly died.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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

www.stuff.co.nz

The third game proved to be a thriller, with the capacity crowd on tenterhooks, right to the finish.

www.rte.ie

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

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

www.dailyreckoning.com.au

Now, viewers remain on tenterhooks amid speculation that she may be in the grip of more than one abductor.

www.irishexaminer.com

To keep someone on tenterhooks, knowing that she is likely to be watched as she goes about her daily life, seems to me remarkably cruel.

www.legalweek.com

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

en.wikipedia.org

For all that we know the outcome, it has us on tenterhooks!

en.wikipedia.org

There is a tenter frame, with the tenterhooks to show how the cloth was dried without shrinking and how teasles were used to lift up the nap.

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