[Bards] Eisteddfod
Jay Rudin
rudin at peoplepc.com
Thu Oct 22 08:05:17 PDT 2009
Ihon responded to somebody (Lucas?):
>> I will wait with bated breath. :)
>Ah . . . the scent of worms and rotting chicken livers
No, he actually spelled it correctly, which most people don't. (Good for him!) "Baited breath" is the scent of worms and rotting chicken livers, and is incorrect. "Bated breath" is holding your breath, and is the correct idiom.
Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
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