10-19-2018, 01:01 PM
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#61
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
Most people do. Most people are wrong. 
This phrase (or idiom) comes from the sport of kings: horse racing. A bit is part of the apparatus that goes in the horse’s mouth and connects to the bridle and reins so the horse can be controlled and directed by the jockey on its back. The bit fits into a toothless ridge of the horse’s mouth, so the horse never really bites the bit. But it can grind his teeth or jaw against the bit, and if it does, it means that the horse is either nervous, or really excited about racing.
One definition of champ is to bite or chew noisily. These are the senses meant in the idiom champing at the bit, which refers to the tendency of some horses to chew on the bit when impatient or eager. In its figurative sense, it means to show impatience while delayed, or just to be eager to start.
That’s how the phrase “champing at the bit” entered everyday communications: to indicate extreme eagerness.
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Is this not also the definition of chomp?
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10-19-2018, 01:02 PM
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#62
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Is this not also the definition of chomp?
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chomped things are often eaten, while champed things are not
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In fact, chomp, which began as a variant of champ, is alive in English while the biting-related sense of champ is dead outside this idiom, so it’s no wonder that chomping at the bit is about 20 times as common as champing at the bit on the web.
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https://grammarist.com/usage/champin...ng-at-the-bit/
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10-19-2018, 01:06 PM
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#63
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
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So if I chomp some gum, I'm going to be reminded of it in a few months
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10-19-2018, 01:21 PM
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#64
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Tkachuk is always champing on his mouth guard.
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10-19-2018, 01:21 PM
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#65
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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I've learned so much in this GDT and it's lead me down a weird rabbit hole of Champions, champagne and of course, The Champ.
Can't watch so hopefully I can stand Wills for a couple hours
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10-19-2018, 01:22 PM
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#66
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Franchise Player
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Go Flames go!
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10-19-2018, 01:23 PM
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#67
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Split98
If Frolik (and young Johnny) was any indication, I'm pretty excited about Dube coming back tonight
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He's stuck on line 4 though. Not sure it translates to many minutes.
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10-19-2018, 01:24 PM
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#68
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Icon
He's stuck on line 4 though. Not sure it translates to many minutes.
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Is being stuck on a line something we need to be worried about anymore though? If he's moving out there, coach'll play him
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10-19-2018, 01:24 PM
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#69
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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^ Exactly
Dube will probably find himself centering Bennett & Neal before the game is through.
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10-19-2018, 01:25 PM
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#70
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Is this not also the definition of chomp?
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Ever since I was the Champ...
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10-19-2018, 01:30 PM
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#71
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Moscow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
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Quote:
In fact, chomp, which began as a variant of champ, is alive in English while the biting-related sense of champ is dead outside this idiom, so it’s no wonder that chomping at the bit is about 20 times as common as champing at the bit on the web. Champing at the bit can sound funny to people who aren’t familiar with the idiom or the obsolete sense of champ, while most English speakers can infer the meaning of chomping at the bit.
Still, if you’re writing for school or for readers who are versed in English, champing at the bit is probably the safer choice.
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I guess we are presuming that the readers of CalgaryPuck are "well versed in English?" That seems... generous.
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10-19-2018, 01:32 PM
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#72
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zulu29
Man, Peters is keeping a tight leash on his guys, you don’t play well and you sit because there’s another guy champing at the bit
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Makes me tear up a bit to see someone using the original format for this idiom. People think I'm daft when I say "champing" instead of (in my opinion, incorrectly) "chomping".
Edit: I only read the quoted comment before posting mine. I see we're on page 4 of discussing it. I'm not the only one it appears!
Last edited by Cycling76er; 10-19-2018 at 01:34 PM.
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10-19-2018, 01:43 PM
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#73
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by theslymonkey
Champing???
So close.... lol.
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Did you not read my entire post three posts higher, setting this out in its entirety? ... lol indeed. 
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10-19-2018, 01:46 PM
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#74
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Sec206
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Quote:
Originally Posted by theslymonkey
Champing???
So close.... lol.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by theslymonkey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
Did you not read my entire post three posts higher, setting this out in its entirety? ... lol indeed. |
Nope, sure didn't. Lol 
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10-19-2018, 01:53 PM
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#75
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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I'm waiting with baited breath for this one. It's really peaked my interest. For all intensive purposes, if the Flames play the same as they have they win. All they have to do is reign in there emotions, tow the line that Peters is setting. If they hone in on the proper goals, they will do well.
Who's starting for Nashville - never mind I could care less. But then, I'm bias.
Irregardless, it should be fun.
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10-19-2018, 01:56 PM
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#76
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Keeping on the straightened arrow
Did I do that right?
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10-19-2018, 01:56 PM
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#77
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
I'm waiting with baited breath for this one. It's really peaked my interest. For all intensive purposes, if the Flames play the same as they have they win. All they have to do is reign in there emotions, tow the line that Peters is setting. If they hone in on the proper goals, they will do well.
Who's starting for Nashville - never mind I could care less. But then, I'm bias.
Irregardless, it should be fun.
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Why are you the way you are?
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10-19-2018, 01:58 PM
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#78
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Why are you the way you are?
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I blame society.
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10-19-2018, 02:02 PM
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#79
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Kamloops, B.C.
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I love Pre-Game threads that are 50% grammar corrections.
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10-19-2018, 02:02 PM
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#80
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
I'm waiting with baited breath for this one. It's really peaked my interest. For all intensive purposes, if the Flames play the same as they have they win. All they have to do is reign in there emotions, tow the line that Peters is setting. If they hone in on the proper goals, they will do well.
Who's starting for Nashville - never mind I could care less. But then, I'm bias.
Irregardless, it should be fun.
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