bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
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I do think a lot of times female protagonists have been very young and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and very plucky.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024
Obviously with Marge, you can tell she’s somebody who is kind of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and finds herself in this place and hasn’t had a lot of experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
While some of us may be going into 2024 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, Trump’s legal team seems to have spent the first week of the new year hunkered down with court filings.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2024
"I had no clue what was going on. I was just bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and thought whatever my manager suggested I'd roll with."
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2021
They were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and they took over.
From The Pirates of Ersatz by Kelly Freas
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