full of beans
idiom

- to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm

Cambridge Dictionary

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ORIGIN

The phrase "full of beans" seems to have come into popular use in the mid 1800s and is attributed to a practice of feeding beans to horses as fodder. Supposedly, horses that were fed beans were more energetic and lively.

Beans were also a staple in the diet of many Americans in the mid 1800s.

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BEAN IDIOMS

- bean counter = a person involved in corporate or government financial decisions and especially one reluctant to spend money

- beanpole = a very tall, thin person

- bean-shooter = a mischievous child’s weapon, a sort of small sling-shot to fire beans

- beanbag = a cloth bag partially filled typically with dried beans and used as a toy

- spill the beans = to divulge secret or hidden information

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SYNONYMS

- showing, having or involving great activity or vitality
- exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion
- in good health, fitness or condition

abubble, abuzz, alert, alive and kicking, alive and well, as fit as a fiddle, as fit as aflea, ball of fire, ballsy, boisterous, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, bright and breezy, bubbly, bursting with health, busy as a bee, chipper, chirpy, dynamical, eager beaver, earnest, ebullient, effervescent, energized, enthusiastic, exuberant, fast-track, feisty, fighting fit, frisky, FULL OF BEANS, full of energy, full of fun, full of go, full of joie de vivre, full of life, full of pep, full of spirit, full of the joy of living, full of the joys of spring, ull of vim and vigour, full of zip, go-getting, gutsy, hale and hearty, high-spirited, in fine fettle, in high spirits, in rude health, irrepressible, kittenish, like Piccadilly Circus, never-tiring, nose to grindstone, on the go, peppy, perky, pizazzy, puckish, raring to go, rollicking, sassy, spry, tireless, tricksy, vibrant, vitalized, whirlwind, zappy, zealous, zestful, zesty, zingy, zippy

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