champ at the bit

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From champ (verb) (“to chew noisily”) + bit (“part of horse's harness held in its mouth”); horses tend to chew their bits when impatient with waiting.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: purra kuolainta — of horse: to bite the bit
• French: prendre le mors aux dents — of horse: to bite the bit
• German: auf dem Gebiss kauen — of horse: to bite the bit
• Polish: gryźć wędzidło — of horse: to bite the bit
• Russian: закуси́ть удила́ (zakusítʹ udilá) — of horse: to bite the bit
• Finnish: hermoilla — to show impatience when delayed
• French: ronger son frein — to show impatience when delayed
• French: se ronger les ongles — to show impatience when delayed
• German: mit den Hufen scharren — to show impatience when delayed
• Hungarian: tűkön ül — to show impatience when delayed
• Hungarian: toporog — to show impatience when delayed
• Hungarian: toporzékol — to show impatience when delayed
• Polish: niecierpliwić się — to show impatience when delayed
• Polish: zniecierpliwić się — to show impatience when delayed
• Russian: закуси́ть удила́ (zakusítʹ udilá) — to show impatience when delayed
• Swedish: brinna av iver — to show impatience when delayed
• Swedish: brinna av otålighet — to show impatience when delayed