On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:40 +0000, Janet Conroy wrote:

mary;823205 Wrote:


Mary: I'm sure I'm not alone in waiting with baited breath

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bai1.htm

Note the part where it says "It’s easy to mock, " so I'll try not to.

'Baited breath' always conjures a picture of breathing out nice juicy
worms in the hope of capturing a passing fish.....