TENTERHOOKS - Traducción inglés-alemán

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inglés

alemán

ten·ter·hooks [ˈtentəhʊks, ingl. am. -tɚ-] SUST. pl.

tenterhooks: 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

alemán

inglés

jdn auf die Folter spannen: to keep sb on tenterhooks

raus mit der Neuigkeit, wir sind alle schon ganz rappelig!: come on, let's have [or out with] the news, we're all on tenterhooks [already]!

wie auf [glühenden] Kohlen sitzen: to be on tenterhooks

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to be on tenterhooks to do sth: es kaum abwarten können, etw zu tun

to keep sb on tenterhooks: jdn auf die Folter spannen

raus mit der Neuigkeit, wir sind alle schon ganz rappelig!: come on, let's have [or out with] the news, we're all on tenterhooks [already]!

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

Everyone around him was on tenterhooks, afraid of making a wrong move and invoking his wrath.

en.wikipedia.org

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

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

www.stuff.co.nz

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

www.dailymail.co.uk

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.

en.wikipedia.org