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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. See also: and 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. See also: and How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Cutting back less radically will produce shorter stems with a bushier look. The bushier it gets, the more likely it is that genes will be exchanged," which is good news to lumpers, he said. Cutting back less severely, say, halving the length of the current branches will produce shorter stems with a bushier look. |
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