英语词汇“champ at the bit”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

champ at the bit

To be very eager or impatient to do something. The phrase alludes to an excited horse chewing on its "bit" (a metal mouthpiece). The kids are champing at the bit to go to the park—can you take them? Now that my daughter is 16, she's champing at the bit to take the driver's test.

champ at the bit

and chomp at the bit

1. Lit. [for a horse] to bite at its bit, eager to move along. Dobbin was champing at the bit, eager to go.

2. Fig. to be ready and anxious to do something. The kids were champing at the bit to get into the swimming pool. The dogs were champing at the bit to begin the hunt.

champ at the bit

Show impatience at being held back or delayed, as in The dismissal bell hadn't rung, but they were champing at the bit to leave. This term transfers the action of a horse that impatiently bites the bit in its mouth to human behavior. [Mid-1600s]

champ (or chafe) at the bit

be restlessly impatient, especially to start doing something.

Champ at the bit is used literally of a spirited horse that tugs at the bit in its mouth in its eagerness to move.

champ at the bit

To show impatience at being held back or delayed.

champ at the bit, to

To express impatience at delay, to be eager to get going. To champ has meant to bite, chew, or grind upon since the sixteenth century, although its precise origin is uncertain. The analogy of the cliché is to a racehorse chewing on the bit at the start of a race, anxious to be off. The term was still being used literally in the nineteenth century (“The very horses champed at their bits,” Sketch Book, Washington Irving, 1820) but began to be used figuratively by 1900.

词汇	champ at the bit
释义	Idiom champ at the bit Theme: EAGERNESS to be ready and anxious to do something. (Originally said about horses.) The kids were champing at the bit to get into the swimming pool.The dogs were champing at the bit to begin the hunt. Idiom champ at the bit to be very eager. The phone companies are champing at the bit to expand into these new lines of business. Etymology: based on the idea of a horse chewing on the bit (= piece of metal in its mouth that allows a rider to control its movements) when excited or nervous champ at the bit To be very eager or impatient to do something. The phrase alludes to an excited horse chewing on its "bit" (a metal mouthpiece). The kids are champing at the bit to go to the park—can you take them? Now that my daughter is 16, she's champing at the bit to take the driver's test. champ at the bit and chomp at the bit 1. Lit. [for a horse] to bite at its bit, eager to move along. Dobbin was champing at the bit, eager to go. 2. Fig. to be ready and anxious to do something. The kids were champing at the bit to get into the swimming pool. The dogs were champing at the bit to begin the hunt. champ at the bit Show impatience at being held back or delayed, as in The dismissal bell hadn't rung, but they were champing at the bit to leave. This term transfers the action of a horse that impatiently bites the bit in its mouth to human behavior. [Mid-1600s] champ (or chafe) at the bit be restlessly impatient, especially to start doing something. Champ at the bit is used literally of a spirited horse that tugs at the bit in its mouth in its eagerness to move. champ at the bit To show impatience at being held back or delayed. champ at the bit, to To express impatience at delay, to be eager to get going. To champ has meant to bite, chew, or grind upon since the sixteenth century, although its precise origin is uncertain. The analogy of the cliché is to a racehorse chewing on the bit at the start of a race, anxious to be off. The term was still being used literally in the nineteenth century (“The very horses champed at their bits,” Sketch Book, Washington Irving, 1820) but began to be used figuratively by 1900.
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