On tenterhooks

Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 8
Meaning

Worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

हिंदी अर्थ

बेचैनी और चिंता की स्थिति में

Example sentences

He was on tenterhooks for four days waiting for the list.

On tenterhooks is waiting with the worry showing.

Daily use: Result ka wait karte hue on tenterhooks tha.

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Tenterhooks पर टँगा गीला कपड़ा कसकर तना रहता है; नतीजे के इंतज़ार में मन भी वैसे ही तना रहता है। इसका जोड़ीदार है on pins and needles।

A wet cloth hung on tenterhooks stays stretched tight. A mind waiting anxiously for a result is stretched the same way. Its partner idiom is 'on pins and needles'.

Exam note

Options में 'anxious', 'in suspense' या 'on pins and needles' आते हैं; 'at ease' और 'unruffled' इसके opposite हैं।

Options offer 'anxious', 'in suspense' or 'on pins and needles'; 'at ease' and 'unruffled' are the opposites.

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