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| 1. | (spinning) tenterhooks |
| 拉幅钩 |
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| 2. | be on tenterhooks |
| 提心吊胆|焦虑不安|如坐针毡 |
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| 3. | unable to sit down or sleep at ease; be uneasy in one's sitting and sleeping |
| 坐卧不宁 |
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| 4. | Day and night, he could neither sit nor sleep at ease. |
| 他整日坐卧不宁。 |
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| 5. | Not peaceful in Both sitting and lying |
| 坐卧不宁 |
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| 6. | Be on tenterhooks all the time; in a desperate situation |
| 不可终日 |
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| 7. | Don't keep me on tenterhooks |
| 别卖关子了 |
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| 8. | 1.on tenterhooks; 2.to be filled with anxiety or fear |
| 悬心吊胆 |
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| 9. | People are disquieted (on tenterhooks). |
| 人心惶惶。 |
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| 10. | Be kept in a state of constant nervousness; be on tenterhooks all the time |
| 惶惶不可终日 |
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