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What is meant by the phrase, “chomping at the bit”?
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What is meant by the phrase, “chomping at the bit”?

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It means you are eager or impatient.
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"champ at the bit" is to "show impatience at restraint; be restless." It comes from something said about horses when they bite their bits "repeatedly and restlessly." They "champ."

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