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Full of beans

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Energetic and enthusiastic. idiomatic

    ""What do you mean by the expression 'Bucks you up'?" "Well, makes you full of beans, you know. Makes you fizz." "I don't understand a word you say. You're English, aren't you?""

  2. 2
    Incorrect; uninformed; exaggerating or expressing falsehood. US, idiomatic

    "Anybody who tells you that they know what today's readers want is full of beans."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Attested since the 1840s. Possibly a reference to coffee beans. Attributed to Robert Strang.

Etymology 2

Attested since the 1930s. A euphemistic form of full of shit.

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