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What does baited breath smell like anyway?
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7 comments:
Minnows, I imagine.
I hate to correc the college English instructor, but that would be bated breath.
Bate: to abate, lessen, lower, etc. To deprive. "with bated breath": with the breath held in because of fear.
Tony
Thank you for letting me know. I have never read the phrase anywhere--only heard it in conversation.
But you know, baited would work, too, now that I think about it. Imagine a cat having breath that smells like cheese so that he can catch a mouse. That's probably why I thought it was "baited."
Don't lie, Tony. You know it did your heart good to correct the perfesser.
:-)
By the way, how is your class going?
I always think of tuna salad breath when I hear the phrase. And I loathe tuna salad--it is the mayonaisse thing.
Class is going very well although I would like to be much further ahead in my preparation for the whole semester. I manage to stay about one lecture ahead and the gap is quickly closing.
Tony
ps: I would take some pleasure in correc[t]ing you but since I can't type correc[t] correc[t]ly, I have no room to gloat.
Or spell mayonaisse [mayonnaise] correc[t]ly for that matter.
Tony
Hey, sometimes I prepare for class in the hour before class starts.
Mmmm. Tuna salad. I think I'll head over to the Subway.
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