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be 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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Some say adding safflower seeds to suet makes the resulting mix unpalatable to squirrels, but I've never noticed the bushy-tailed guys to turn up their noses.
I was subpoenaed as a witness, and a bushy-tailed assistant DA asked, "Mr.
 
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