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Are You A Master Of These Common Sayings?

The original phrase is "champ at the bit" but "chomp at the bit" is generally accepted these days.

How would you say you're impatient to get started?

The term "bald-faced" means shameless and undisguised.

How do you accuse someone of telling an obvious lie?

Very useful for sealing heating and cooling ducts. Not as useful for sealing ducks.

"Toeing the line" means conforming to the rules. It may have started when elementary schools required their students to stand for roll-call.

How do you say you're conforming to the rules?

It comes from the past participle of the obsolete "bate," which means "to restrain."

How do you describe waiting with great suspense?

"Fleshing out" means building on an idea, like you're "adding weight" to it.

How do you describe expanding on a small idea?

It's definitely not expresso.

To "whet" is to "excite or stimulate something."

What's the cold drink famous in the South called?

It's pike, short for turnpike, a type of highway. Not pipe.

How do you say something is on the horizon?

They may be an ex-patriot, but the correct word is expatriate.

How do you describe someone living outside of their home country?

"Rites" are religious ceremonies. A funeral is a person's last rite, not right.

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Are You A Master Of These Common Sayings?

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