Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoWhat Stops ICE from Snatching People Off Canadian Streets? Very Littlethewalrus.caexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1234
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minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoIt’s chomping, referring to the bit that goes in a horses mouth. If it chomps, it means it’s eager. Hence, chomping at the bit means someone is eager.
minus-squareTriasha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoForty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit. Tolkien thought it was champ.
It’s chomping, referring to the bit that goes in a horses mouth. If it chomps, it means it’s eager. Hence, chomping at the bit means someone is eager.
Forty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit.
Tolkien thought it was champ.