"bated breath", dammit! - an old fisherman and aficionado of William Shakespeare. https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/pardon-the-expression/bated-breath-vs-ba

"bated breath", dammit! - an old fisherman and aficionado of William Shakespeare. https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/pardon-the-expression/bated-breath-vs-baited-breath/ https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/pardon-the-expression/ba... FTFA: "Unless you've devoured several cans of sardines in the hopes that your fishy breath will lure a nice big trout out of the river, baited breath is incorrect."*