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a. (context idiomatic English) eager, alert, enthusiastic, and lively. alt. (context idiomatic English) eager, alert, enthusiastic, and lively.
Usage examples of "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed".
The government-issued black capsule (they all called it that, evidently some sort of tradition that he didn't know about) had worked for all of them, and the cookie-pushers were all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
When Clete had knocked at his door in La Boca an hour before, Tony was awake, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
We were all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at ten, but I suspect that some computer enhancement was involved.
Almost comatose, but bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the same time.
Any of you travelers who think you'd like to escape, just think about the fossil zoo waiting bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for stragglers on foot.
Any of you travelers who think you'd Like to escape, just think about the fossil zoo waiting bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for stragglers on foot.
Mohammed was up, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and on his machine checking his e-mail.
She should have felt like death warmed over after a night like that, not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
My mind may have been bright-eyed and bushy-tailed but my body felt like dead weight.
He was erect, looked as if he had shaved ten minutes ago after a daily haircut, and was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
They're bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, doing their own training ops.