Drew Brees: "We're all chomping at the bit" (1 Viewer)

Actually it is chomping. it refers to the chewing action that a horse makes when it is anxious. to chomp is to bite down or gnaw...look it up. unless you are making reference to some other inside joke that I am not privy to, the term used is correct.

It's champing.

The word chomp is actually derived from champ. But champ isn't used much anymore, and the idiom has sort of been bastageized into "chomping at the bit." But the proper way to write it is still, technically, "champing at the bit."
 
Both are acceptable


One definition of bit is a metal mouthpiece used for controlling a horse, and one definition of champ is to bite or chew noisily. These are the senses meant in the idiom champing at the bit, which refers to the tendency of some horses to chew on the bit when impatient or eager. In its figurative sense, it means to show impatience while delayed, or just to be eager to start.

The idiom is usually written chomping at the bit, and some people consider this spelling wrong. But chomp can also mean to bite or chew noisily (though chomped things are often eaten, while champed things are not), so chomp at the bit means roughly the same as champ at the bit.

Champing at the bit vs. chomping at the bit - Grammarist
 

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