|
Bated breath - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... Search in Google and you'll find about the same number of hits for 'baited breath' as 'bated breath' - around 100,000 each. In one of the best selling books of all time - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, (whose publisher could surely afford the services of...
|
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bated-breath.html
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bated-breath.html
|
|
|
|
with bated breath (not comparable) ... We are waiting with bated breath for the release of the new version. ... Positive; with bated breath...
|
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/with_bated_breath
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/with_bated_breath
|
|
|
Pray, could you search your reference library (AKA gray matter) and tell me - what is the origin of "bated breath"? I, and many of my associates, had mistakenly thought it was "baited." As a confessed member of the teeming millions, I can do nothing but embrace my ignorance, and turn to you for guidance.
|
www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1414/what-is-the-orig...
www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1414/what-is-the-origin-of-bated-breath
|
|
Definition of with bated breath in the Idioms Dictionary. with bated breath phrase. What does with bated breath expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. ... Cliché while holding one's breath. We stood there with bated breath while the man hung on the side of the bridge. They listened with bated breath...
|
idioms.thefreedictionary.com/with+bated+breath
idioms.thefreedictionary.com/with+bated+breath
|
|
The phrase you're looking for, Anita, is "with bated breath," not "baited," although since the words sound exactly the same, perhaps the English language itself is ultimately to blame.
|
www.word-detective.com/120398.html
|
|
Today, while perusing a reader-feedback forum on the Internet I encountered the phrase "with baited breath." The writer probably intended to use the expression "with bated breath." I am curious about the origin of this phrase and the frequency of the above variant.
|
www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19970806
|
|
I believe the correct spelling is "BAITED breath" ... it's bated breath ... Yup, it's bated. As in having one's breath abated in anticipation of something happening.
|
dcist.com/2007/09/27/transit_on_thursdays_now_with_bate...
dcist.com/2007/09/27/transit_on_thursdays_now_with_bated_breath_.php
|
|
by Darren Murph posted Feb 19th 2008 at 1:53AM ... It seems that Sprint and Clearwire have been hooking up and breaking it off for nearly as long as Qualcomm and Nokia have been brawling, but just weeks after hearing that the two were on ... to tell you the truth, I'm waiting with tomato sauce breath, but whatever you say...
|
www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/sprint-and-clearwire-edge-c...
www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/sprint-and-clearwire-edge-closer-to-deal-world-waits-with-bated/
|
|
• adjective (in phrase with bated breath) in great suspense. ... About this dictionary; The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English contains 145,000 words, phrases, and definitions. Find out more about Oxford's range of English dictionaries; Sign up for the AskOxford Word of the Day;
|
www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/bated
www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/bated
|
|
