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be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

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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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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.

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