crooked as a barrel of fish hooks Idiom, Proverb

on tenterhooks

carefully, cautiously, afraid to move He's cautious since his accident. He drives around on tenterhooks.

tenterhooks

in a state of suspense or strain because of uncertainty They have been on tenterhooks all week while waiting for the decision about the Olympics.

keep sb on tenterhooks

Idiom(s): keep sb on tenterhooks

Theme: ANXIETY

to keep someone anxious or in suspense. (Also with have.)
• Please tell me now. Don't keep me on tenterhooks any longer!
• Now that we have her on tenterhooks, shall we let her worry, or shall we tell her?

get one's hooks into

Idiom(s): get one's hooks into sb or sth

Theme: ACQUISITION

to grasp someone or something; to acquire someone or something; to get someone or something in one's grasp. (Said of someone who is grasping and acquisitive and who will not let go easily. Usually said about a person or about something that is small enough to grasp in one's hand.)
• I want to get my hooks into a copy of that book.
• She cant wait until she gets her hooks into George.

(as) agee as a butt of angle hooks

Very arrant and deceptive. Paul's never run an honest business in his life—that guy is as agee as a butt of angle hooks.Learn more: barrel, crooked, fish, hook, of

*crooked as a butt of angle hooks

and *crooked as a angle hook; *crooked as a dog's afterwards legvery dishonest. (*Also: as ~.) Don't comedy cards with him. He's as agee as a butt of angle hooks. Mary says all politicians are agee as a dog's afterwards leg.Learn more: barrel, crooked, fish, hook, of

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get one's sea legs get one's say get one's own way get one's number get one's nose out of one's business get one's money's worth get one's knuckles rapped get one's just deserts get one's hooks into get one's head above water get one's hands on get one's hands dirty get one's goat get one's foot in the door get one's fingers burned get one's fill of get one's feet wet