From a grizzled, old, Scottish WWII veteran: “Young Man, I’ll tell ya something I learned in the war, never, ever underestimate those Canadians! They are the toughest soldiers I encountered in the war.”
FTR: he also said he thought Germans were pansies, lol.
Dead now, but he was a tough SOB, himself (I mean, he WAS Scottish, so that’s a pedigree right there).
Canadians are chomping at the bit here to get a reason to go burn down the Whitehouse again.
It’s “champing” at the bit.
You’re a true chompion of the English language.
I’ll drink to that
gulps down a mouthful of chompagne
It’s only chompagne if it comes from the chompagne region of Fronce
True, otherwise it’s just sporkling wine
They’re generally both considered correct. “Chomping at the bit” has been in use for over 100 years.
Language, where you just have to be wrong long enough that your version becomes a dialect.
It’s literally the worst.
Champing at the bit sounds dumb af tbh and I’ve never heard it before IRL compared to chomping.
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.
Teef!
After a LOT of rabbit holes, …it’s both.
From a grizzled, old, Scottish WWII veteran: “Young Man, I’ll tell ya something I learned in the war, never, ever underestimate those Canadians! They are the toughest soldiers I encountered in the war.”
FTR: he also said he thought Germans were pansies, lol.
Dead now, but he was a tough SOB, himself (I mean, he WAS Scottish, so that’s a pedigree right there).
Many of us Canadians still have some Scottish blood. And I bet it works as well as it ever did.
Hah I wish. Society is to soft abdicated to screens and comfort. As long as the masses are entertained almost anything can happen.
I thought it was the brittish that did that during the war of 1812?