leap at the opportunity

leap at the opportunity (to do something)

and leap at the chance (to do something); jump at the chance (to do something); jump at the opportunity (to do something)

Fig. to accept an opportunity eagerly. Frank leapt at the opportunity to become a commercial artist. It was a great idea and we leapt at the opportunity. I would leap at the chance to go to Moscow. His company proposed to send him to England, and John jumped at the chance.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gobinet	-	Irish
Ace (2)	-	Macedonian
Helewidis	-	Ancient Germanic
Leocadia	-	Spanish, Late Roman
Finnguala	-	Irish, Irish Mythology
Ambakoum	-	Biblical Greek