keep (someone) on tenterhooks
держать кого-либо в состоянии неизвестности, беспокойства
Пример использования идиомы keep (someone) on tenterhooks:
Mary Higgins Clark keeps her readers on tenterhooks till the very last chapter.
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Другие идиомы:
- keep one's shirt on
- keep one's nose clean
- keep a secret
- keep up an act
- keep to oneself
- keep up with the times
- keep still
- keep one's place
- keep from (doing something)
- keep one's nose to the grindstone
- keep track of (something)
- keep off (something)
- keep one's chin up
- keep abreast (of something)
- keep a stiff upper lip