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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...
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In Reply to: Meaning & Origin of A Phrase! posted by Tom Dunmire on January 18, 2003 ... It's "bated breath." It means waiting while holding your breath; compare the popular saying "Don't hold your breath," used when the wait for something is expected to be long and, more likely, the thing may never come.
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What is the origin of "Goody two-shoes"? "Goodie two-shoes"? "Goody 2 shoes"? ... (Phrase origins); The exact origin of "bee's knees" remains a topic of debate, but there is wide-spread agreement that the phrase first appeared in North America during the 1920s. Some interesting theories are listed below.
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Word and Phrase Origins question: What does bated breath mean? Nothing to do with bait, of course (as in, the cat ate a lump of cheese and waited outside the mousehole with baited breath). In fact, BATED ... Origin wait with bated breath? What is abated or bated breath? How do you use bated in a sentence? What is the orgin...
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With baited breath play? Where did baited breath? Waint with baited breath? What does baited breath mean? With baited breath act scene? Origin wait with baited breath? Difference between bated and baited? What is origin of waiting with bated breath?
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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. ... I find this hard to believe as he died in the late 1920s and it seems to me that this word is of older origin. The dictionary said that...
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Much confusion exists about the correct spelling. Is it 'baited breath' or 'bated breath'? ... [A] The correct spelling is actually bated breath but it’s so common these days to see it written as baited breath that there’s every chance that it will soon become the usual form, to the disgust of conservative speakers and...
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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...
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