From a book I'm reading:
"The whole colony was waiting with baited breath."
No fish here.
Not only is this a cliche, but it's spelled wrong! If you must use a cliche (well, you don't have to, do you?), please spell it right: "bated breath."
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So "bated" means "held" as in holding one's breath?
Of course, it doesn't help when I remember a Tom and Jerry cartoon when the cat ate some cheese and breathed into the mousehole...
Bated does indeed mean held, as stated by dictionary.com: "with breath drawn in or held because of anticipation or suspense."
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