/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Sit on Thorns (To) or on Tenterhooks
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To be in a state of anxiety, fearful that something will go wrong.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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