With bated breath

I left a comment on my friend Beth's Blue Ridge Blue Collar Girl blog that said I was waiting with bated breath for her next post.

When I thought about it later (I really should learn to trust myself), I wondered if I had spelled the word correctly and went in search of "bated" at Dictionary.com.  That's where I learned that "with bated breath" is idiomatic.

—Idiom
4. with bated breath, with breath drawn in or held because of anticipation or suspense: We watched with bated breath as the runners approached the finish line.

The Free Dictionary added:

If you wait for something with bated breath, you feel very excited or anxious while you are waiting.

I cross-posted this on my book blog, the one that's mostly about words in books.