up and about/doing
up and about/doing
Resuming activity, especially after a rest or an illness. These terms seem to be American in origin. One appears as an exhortation in the tireless Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack (1755): “The Day is short, the Work great, the Workman lazy, the Wages high, the Master urgeth; Up, then, and be doing.”
See also: and, up
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- out with (someone or something)
- out with someone or something
- strap on a pair
- urtext
- away with (someone or something)
- away with something
- to tell (you) the truth
- tell the truth
- the old country
- back in the game