Re: Albanian words for eyebrow

Arnold Zwicky wrote:

In article <445F4F00.20D8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> asks:

>John Atkinson wrote:

>> ... Though there's also the idiom "chafing at the bit", meaning
>> "eager to start" and based on the way a restive horse chews on
>> its bit -- is that what you're thinking of?

>Isn't it "champing at the bit"?

see the eggcorn database on "chomp at the bit" --

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/269/chomp-at-the-bit/

especially comment 2, on the "chafe" variant.

"Chomp"? No. _That_ looks like the folk etymology.
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