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. Everyone is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the start of the school year—not so much as it drags on!

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