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Meaning of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in English:

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

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phrase

informal

  • Alert and lively.

    • ‘he arrived bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the studio’
    • ‘The two walked off bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I wandered outside alone.’
    • ‘I started high school bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.’
    • ‘I could see she was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed now, fully awake.’
    • ‘She's the most bright-eyed and bushy-tailed character.’
    • ‘After a night of girly fun, our bright-eyed and bushy-tailed guests scampered off.’

    Origin

    From the conventional description of a squirrel.