Give you the stage, you not only don't play, but also it wasted, if you really think about it seriously, will be on tenterhooks.

给你这个舞台，你不仅不好好发挥，还把它浪费掉，如果你真正想到它的严重性，就会坐立不安。

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The team waits on tenterhooks to discover the final figure to be revealed at 04:23 PST on Friday 1st February.

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For those on tenterhooks, the identity of the most fascinating person of the year will not be divulged until Ms. Walters's annual TV special airs on Dec. 14.

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