jump at the chance

Meaning: (idiomatic)To immediatelyacceptanoffer; toseizeanopportunity.Synonyms:jump at the opportunity,seize the opportunity1996, Jane Bonander,Winter Heart, page117:"What in the hell is wrong with my offer? Any woman within a hundred miles wouldjump at the chanceto become my wife."She stared at him, incredulous. "Well, pin a rose on your nose, you cocky bastard.[…]2009January 7, Douglas Martin, “G. Grinberg, Watch Baron, Dies at 77”, inThe New York Times‎[1], archived fromthe originalon21 December 2020:When two other refugees asked him to help set up a Piaget distributorship in New York, hejumped at the chance.2011January 14, J. D. Biersdorfer, “ArtsBeat: The revamped O.E.D. Online”, inNew York Times Blog‎[2], New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company, archived fromthe originalon7 February 2021:When we learned that the O.E.D. Online was revamped late last year, wejumped at the chanceto learn more about how this esteemed publication (which first stirred to life in 1857) was adapting itself for a modern online audience.2015February, Vivi Barnes, chapter18, in Stacy Abrams, Tara Quigley, editors,Paper or Plastic, Fort Collins, Colo.: Entangled Teen, Entangled Publishing,→ISBN:She would probablyjump at the chanceto show everyone how to save an obscene amount of money with an obscene amount of coupons.2016,Steve Coogan,Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons,Alan Partridge: Nomad, page171:Security guard or not, Michael hadjumped at the chanceto steal, or in his parlance ‘twoc’, the bus.2017, Colette London[pseudonym; Lisa Plumley],Dead and Ganache, New York, N.Y.:Kensington Publishing Corp.,→ISBN,page 3:That’s why, when I received a message that my one-time chocolate-making mentor, Philippe Vetault, was retiring from his Brittany-based chocolaterie, Ijumped at the chanceto attend hisau revoirparty.

Examples:

EN: - A lot of women jump at the chance. I know.
ES: Lo sé.
EN: Sure, a real lady ought to jump at the chance of tying up with me.
ES: Cualquier chica estaría encantada de casarse conmigo.
EN: Plenty of men will jump at the chance.
ES: - Hay cientos de hombres dispuestos.
EN: A girl like you ought to jump at the chance of a man like me.
ES: Una chica como tú debería aprovechar la oportunidad de un hombre como yo.
EN: I'd jump at the chance.
ES: Aprovecharía la ocasión.
EN: Listen, there's a dozen guys in this joint Who'd jump at the chance I'm giving you.
ES: Escucha, hay una docena de tipos en este negocio que saltarían ante la oportunidad que te estoy dando.
EN: Well, Mr. Potter, I... I know I ought to jump at the chance but I...
ES: Sr. Potter, yo...
EN: Why, any sensible sponsor would jump at the chance.
ES: Cualquier mecenas sensato saltaría ante esa oportunidad.
EN: Any other girl would jump at the chance. - In which direction? Ouch.
ES: Te falta la profundidad espiritual necesaria para apreciar mis cualidades.
EN: I thought you'd jump at the chance to speak to him... for the last time.
ES: Pensé que aprovecharías la oportunidad de hablar con él... por última vez.
EN: So, I thought you'd jump at the chance to take me to the Royal for dinner.
ES: Así que he pensado si usted podría llevarme a cenar al Royal.
EN: I'd jump at the chance of restoring a little dignity to congress.
ES: Me apuntaría a la oportunidad de restaurar un poco la dignidad del Congreso.
EN: She ought to jump at the chance, but she's a strange girl
ES: Debería aprovechar la oportunidad, pero es una chica extraña
EN: I figured a good detective would jump at the chance of something to detect.
ES: Supuse que un buen detective estaría deseando detectar algo.
EN: She didn't jump at the chance, huh?
ES: No ha saltado cuando tuvo la ocasión, ¿eh?

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