Chomping at the bit - Tradução em português
Idiom:
Be chomping at the bit / Be champing at the bit or chafing the bit
Translation:
Estar muito entusiasmado para fazer alguma coisa ou ir a algum lugar; Estar ansioso para fazer algo ou para que algo aconteça.
Example:
The computer geeks are chomping at the bit to try out the new operating system
Explanation:
To champ (mastigar alguma coisa fazendo barulho) + bit (Parte de metal colocada na boca do cavalo; cabresto).
Os cavalos tendem a mastigar seus cabrestos quando ficam impacientes esperando.
Sources:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chomp_at_the_bit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_%28horse%29
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-does-chomp ... t-mean.htm
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be+ ... at+the+bit
Be chomping at the bit / Be champing at the bit or chafing the bit
Translation:
Estar muito entusiasmado para fazer alguma coisa ou ir a algum lugar; Estar ansioso para fazer algo ou para que algo aconteça.
Example:
The computer geeks are chomping at the bit to try out the new operating system
Explanation:
To champ (mastigar alguma coisa fazendo barulho) + bit (Parte de metal colocada na boca do cavalo; cabresto).
Os cavalos tendem a mastigar seus cabrestos quando ficam impacientes esperando.
Sources:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chomp_at_the_bit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_%28horse%29
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-does-chomp ... t-mean.htm
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be+ ... at+the+bit
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Hello Henrique do Prado.
Many thanks for the tip. I found it very interesting.
Hugs.
Emanuel.
Many thanks for the tip. I found it very interesting.
Hugs.
Emanuel.
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A typo, I think, was made...certainly "ansioso" would be word.
A typo, I think, was made...certainly "ansioso" would be word.
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