bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — (informal) Eager and alert • • • Main Entry: ↑bright * * * bright eyed (and bushy tailed) phrase very much awake, full of energy, and in a good mood Thesaurus: energetic and livelysynonym …   Useful english dictionary

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — If someone s bright eyed and bushy tailed, they are full of energy and enthusiasm …   The small dictionary of idiomes

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — ► bright eyed and bushy tailed informal alert and lively. Main Entry: ↑bright …   English terms dictionary

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed —    If someone s bright eyed and bushy tailed, they are full of energy and enthusiasm.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    A person who is bright eyed and bushy tailed is very enthusiastic and full of energy.     Gary was fantastic. He arrived …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — mod. alert and ready to do something; as alert and as active as a squirrel. □ You look all bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning. □ The child bright eyed and bushy tailed woke everyone up at dawn. □ Tell that bright eyed and bushy tailed brat …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — adjective Alert and in an eager, frisky, or playful mood; full of life. Theyre eager to learn, bright eyed and bushy tailed, coach Jon Gruden said. Syn: bouncy, chipper, dashing …   Wiktionary

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — frisky, lively, full of life    Perry is bright eyed and bushy tailed tonight. He looks rested …   English idioms

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — informal alert and lively. → bright …   English new terms dictionary

be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — humorous to be full of energy and eager to do things. She was bright eyed and bushy tailed the next morning, despite having been up half the night …   New idioms dictionary

bushy-tailed — [boosh′ētāld΄] adj. in figurative use, mainly in the phrase bright eyed and bushy tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively …   English World dictionary

bright-eyed — [ ,braıt aıd ] adjective looking healthy and lively bright eyed (and bushy tailed) very much awake, full of energy, and in a good mood …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English