Brian Bilston - Here's a poem which - to all intensive purposes - concerns itself with misheard / misinterpreted phrases or 'eggcorns'. It's called “On Tender Hooks”. | Facebook
![Cigarette card showing an English phrase "on tenterhooks", meaning that somebody is worried or nervous about something that is going to happen, as is the parachutist about to land in the middle Cigarette card showing an English phrase "on tenterhooks", meaning that somebody is worried or nervous about something that is going to happen, as is the parachutist about to land in the middle](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E0C4CX/cigarette-card-showing-an-english-phrase-on-tenterhooks-meaning-that-somebody-is-worried-or-nervous-about-something-that-is-going-to-happen-as-is-the-parachutist-about-to-land-in-the-middle-of-a-town-2E0C4CX.jpg)
Cigarette card showing an English phrase "on tenterhooks", meaning that somebody is worried or nervous about something that is going to happen, as is the parachutist about to land in the middle
![The last remaining tenterhook frames in the world. Tenterhooks were used to stretch and dry cloth after weaving Stock Photo - Alamy The last remaining tenterhook frames in the world. Tenterhooks were used to stretch and dry cloth after weaving Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/FNKMBC/the-last-remaining-tenterhook-frames-in-the-world-tenterhooks-were-FNKMBC.jpg)