be straining at the leash

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cyrillus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Elain	-	Welsh
Alkiviadis	-	Greek
Hanif	-	Arabic
Mara (2)	-	Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian
Anka	AHN-kah (Polish)	Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian