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That's a different word! :)
On tenterhooks … not on tender hooks
This phrase, meaning worried anticipation, comes from the word 'tenter' which was a frame on which cloth was stretched to prevent shrinking. The tenterhook kept the cloth tense and tight – hence the expression. A tender hook isn't a thing
Thanks for the explanation on the origins of that phrase, @AceHole. I always thought it had something to do with hanging raw meat in a butchers or something.
They'll name films after anything these days! ;)
Malayan Short Film
Doh, another miscomprehended word to add to my collection!
Lol, now someone better explain that to Hugo Weaving and co...
You mean like Bob Hoskins had these guys on tenterhooks in "The Long Good Friday"?
'Operation: TENTERHOOK' just sounds to me like something Fleming might approve of...
007
007 in New York (Sorry, Ian)
James Bond
Commander Bond
Commander James Bond
James Bond of the Secret Service
...and any variation of the above. Lazy titles.
Isn't that the George Foreman biopic...
It really does! :) It's in the same ballpark as 'Living Daylights' I'd say.
Between Shading and the Absence of Light
The Remains of Passage
All 3 are from the Code monument outside the CIA headquarters
I agree. Those are extremely weak titles.
007INY
JB
CB
CJB
JBOTSS
Approved by @Christartos no doubt.
:)>-
Or simply:
Graves
No Time To Die Hard With A Vengeance
No Time Left For You
Indeed and it'd be nice if they could adapt the John Gardner novel in some form as well as using the title. A pipe dream, perhaps, given how rarely the continuation Bond novels have been used in the films.
Yes, and then M got kidnapped one last time in Gardner's Cold. The kidnapping of regular characters seemed to be a theme in the Bond continuation novels for a while there! :)