tenterhooks no Dicionário de Espanhol-Inglês da Oxford

Traduções para tenterhooks no dicionário inglês»Espanhol

tenterhooks [americ ˈtɛn(t)ərhʊks, Brit ˈtɛntəhʊks] SUBST subst pl

to be on tenterhooks

estar en or sobre ascuas

to keep sb on tenterhooks

tener a alguien en or sobre ascuas

Traduções para tenterhooks no dicionário Espanhol»inglês

Mais traduções e expressões típicas para o termo que pesquisou.

estar en o sobre ascuas coloq

to be on tenterhooks

tener a alg. en ascuas coloq

to keep sb on tenterhooks o in suspense

estar en capilla (en ascuas)

to be on tenterhooks

la población se mantiene en vilo esperando el resultado del referéndum

the country is still in suspense o on tenterhooks awaiting the result of the referendum

estoy picado con el final del libro

I'm on tenterhooks to see how the book ends

con el corazón en la boca o un puño estuvimos con el corazón en un puño hasta que …

our hearts were in our mouths o we were on tenterhooks until …

con el corazón en la mano (angustiado)

on tenterhooks

tenterhooks no Dicionário PONS

Traduções para tenterhooks no dicionário inglês»Espanhol

tenterhooks [ˈten·tər·hʊks] SUBST pl

to be on tenterhooks

tener el alma en vilo

to keep sb on tenterhooks

tener a alguien en ascuas

Traduções para tenterhooks no dicionário Espanhol»inglês

Mais traduções e expressões típicas para o termo que pesquisou.

estar en [o sobre] ascuas

to be on tenterhooks

tener a alguien en ascuas

to keep sb on tenterhooks

Exemplos unilingues (não verificados pela redação)

inglês

And enough twists and turns to keep a reader on tenterhooks until a highly satisfying ending is delivered.

www.npr.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.

en.wikipedia.org

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

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

Tenterhooks, on the other hand, are little hooks used in medieval times for stretching cloth.

www.stuff.co.nz

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

But this weekend's windfall has everyone on tenterhooks, including real estate agents, hoping to keep the money in town.

www.stuff.co.nz

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

en.wikipedia.org

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

www.rte.ie