be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

To be energetic and enthusiastic. After that nap, I am bright-eyed and bushy-tailed! As usual, the new interns are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed—just watching them is exhausting.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bushy
  • bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
  • eyed
  • tail
  • bright as a button
  • (as) bright as a button
  • as bright as a button
  • bright
  • bright and breezy
  • be bright and breezy
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"Why are we losing the next generation of teachers - that new blood for the profession which should be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, full of promise and ambition?"
Unfortunately, an awful lot of people have got it into their heads that they have to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 24/7.