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bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Fig. awake and alert. (Often used ironically, as in the first example. The idea is that one is like a frisky animal, such as a squirrel.) Jill: Hi, Jane! How are you on this beautiful morning? Jane: Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, just as you might expect, since I've only had three hours of sleep. Despite the early hour, Dennis was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
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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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does it, or the president authorizes it, by definition it is "not a crime," just like the infamous Nixon said shortly after being run out of office for much less serious offenses than the Bushies have committed?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
As soon as they had robbed power through a scandalous election endgame, the Bushies uAa as the rightwing, war-minded and moneyed cabal he assembled was called uAa set about unplugging his administration from any notions of responsibility.
End of an Era u Exit the Six-Shooter by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
No matter what the Bushies say, the terror war has always been seen by Americans and the rest of the world as a war on Muslims.
Gloves off in the final phase by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
 
 
 
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