To: P-Marlowe
"What the heck does "baited breath" mean, anyway?"
LOL. It means you've been eating the worms again.
The word is "bated" and it means diminished or withheld, as in holding your breath.
21 posted on
11/02/2006 10:15:26 PM PST by
caseinpoint
(Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
To: caseinpoint
The word is "bated" and it means diminished or withheld, as in holding your breath.I though bated breath was breath like a bat.
24 posted on
11/02/2006 10:27:49 PM PST by
P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: caseinpoint; P-Marlowe
The word is "bated" and it means diminished or withheld, as in holding your breath. That's what I've heard. I found this:
Bated here is an old participle related to abated, it means stopped. Bated breath is breath that has been stopped, held. With bated breath means "while holding [your] breath" or "in breathless anticipation."
That makes the most sense.
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60 posted on
11/03/2006 7:09:00 AM PST by
scripter
("If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone." Romans 12:18)
To: caseinpoint
"baited breath"!
Anchovy pizza breath!
To: caseinpoint
The word is "bated" and it means diminished or withheld, as in holding your breath. I like you, word maven.
135 posted on
11/04/2006 10:42:05 AM PST by
La Enchiladita
(God bless America, Land that I LOVE...)
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