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minus-squareAmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days agoChamping at the bit sounds dumb af tbh and I’ve never heard it before IRL compared to chomping.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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-up4·1 day 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.
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!