be straining at the leash

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to be very eager to do something that you are being prevented from doing at the present time Meanwhile we hear that our soldiers have reached a peak of fitness and are straining at the leash.

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And with another fellow central defender he admires in the Pompey back four in Sol Campbell, Taylor, fresh from his winning goal at Sheffield United on Saturday, will be straining at the leash tomorrow. A sight for sore eyes as Owen has a ball in training by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			be set in concrete be shaking in boots be shitting bricks be short of a bob or two be shot to hell be sick and tired of be sitting on a goldmine be sitting pretty be six feet under be skin and bone be slow off the mark be slow on the uptake be snowed under be so bold as to do be soaked to the skin be soft on be sold a pup be speaking out of both sides of mouth be spick and span be spitting in the wind be spoiling for a fight be spoilt for choice be spoon-fed be staring in the face be stark raving mad be straining at the leash be streets ahead be strong point be tailor-made be talking through hat be tanked up be ten a penny be that as it may be the armpit of the world be the bee's knees be the best of a bad bunch be the brains behind be the cat's whiskers be the dead spit of be the end of the line be the end of the world be the exception that proves the rule be the full quid be the last person be the last word in be the life and soul of the party be the light of life be the living end be the making of be the marrying kind be the meat in the sandwich			be stable be stacked against be stacked against be stacked against be stacked against be stacked in favor be stacked in favor be stacked in favor be stacked in favor be stacked in favour be stacked in favour be stacked in favour be stacked in favour Be star be staring in the face be staring in the face be staring in the face be staring in the face be stark raving mad be stark staring mad Be stars be startled be starved for be starved for be stationary be stationed be steadfast be steady be stealthy Be Still be straining at the leash be streets ahead be stricken Be Strong Be Strong (Delta Goodrem Song) be strong point be strong suit be struck be struck be struck be struck be struck be struck by be struck by be struck by be struck by be struck by be stubborn be stuck on be stuck on be stuck on be stuck on be stuck on be subject be subjected to be submissive be submissive to be subsequent be subservient be successful be sufficient

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