Strain at The Leash
Strain at The Leash : PhrasesMeaning: Be enthusiastic to free oneself from the restrictions that bar one's progress. Example: Origin: The allusion is, of course, to a dog held on a lead and straining to go faster. Sir Walter Scott was the first to use it in literature. He included the expression in The Talisman, 1825: "King Richard looked... at the Nubian and his dog; but the former moved not, nor did the latter strain at the leash." Phrases Index
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