jump at the chance (to do something)

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jump at the chance (to do something)

To accept or seize with alacrity an opportunity (to do something). Mark complains about his teaching job a lot, but I knew if he were offered a tenured position in the school, he would jump at the chance. When our manager said she was leaving the company, I jumped at the chance to fill the job.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mikelo	mee-KE-lo	Esperanto
Eva	E-vah (Spanish, Italian, Danish), EE-və (English), E-fah (German), AY-vah (Dutch)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ice
Dae-Jung	day-joong	Korean
Pauline	['pɔ:lain]
Zarathushtra	-	Ancient Persian
Mas'ud	-	Arabic, Persian