To: Daffynition
“Waiting with baited breath,”
“baited” in this context, should be, “bated”. Sorry and please do not take offense. Those particular words and the misuse of same are one of my pet peeves. ;-)
297 posted on
05/22/2016 12:04:29 PM PDT by
spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
(Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
I had sushi, baited breath might be correct...
299 posted on
05/22/2016 12:08:25 PM PDT by
null and void
("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
No.
When fishing I do not put bate on my hook. I often use bait. And wait with baited breath, for a fish to bite. Bait. Bait a hook. Bait a trap.
Sally, having swallowed cheese
Directs down holes the scented breeze
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.
~ Geoffrey Taylor,*Cruel, Clever Cat* 1933.
300 posted on
05/22/2016 1:43:10 PM PDT by
Daffynition
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