Firstly, it is tenter hooks, not tender hooks. It means waiting with anxiety. Tenter is a rack for drying cloth and a tenter hook is a nail with an upward curve on which the cloth is hung.
I was on tenter hooks until the test results arrived. Tender hooks do not exist and if they did, they would ne inefective because they are tender.
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also used widely across flying types to define a bad landing..
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Scot: Look at all these chips I just won at the craps table!
Matt: (grabbing at the chips)
Scot: HEY! Get your biscuit hooks off my winnings!
Matt: (grabbing at the chips)
Scot: HEY! Get your biscuit hooks off my winnings!
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