jump at the chance meaning
[American idiom]
to take advantage of a chance to do something.
• John jumped at the chance to go to England.
• I don't know why I didn't jump at the opportunity myself.
• I should have leaped at the chance.
to take advantage of a chance to do something.
• John jumped at the chance to go to England.
• I don't know why I didn't jump at the opportunity myself.
• I should have leaped at the chance.
- (there is) no chance.: [American slang]Th ...
- by chance: Adverb: by chanceB ...
- chance: Noun: chance ...
Examples
More: Next- he is too smart not to jump at the chance.
- it would seem to me that you would jump at the chance for such a marriage.
- if they offered me a job in the usa, i would jump at the chance.
- why, lots of rich men would jump at the chance to have a name like that.
- there are people who would jump at the chance
