keep people on tenterhooks
...烤鸡 roast chicken; broiler chickens 卖关子 keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling); keep people on tenterhooks; do something reluctantly 母珠鸡 guinea hen ..
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keep people on tenterhooks
让人们提心吊胆
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Later, the big guys made noises about not wanting to keep people on tenterhooks, since they knew layoffs were coming and would want to know whether they were directly involved or not.
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