Where does this definition of be on tenterhooks come from?
This entry for be on tenterhooks is sourced from GetWord Corpus, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does be on tenterhooks appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — be on tenterhooks appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.