"Wide-eyed and bushy-tailed from what I could tell.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Standoff]

Everybody comes in bright-eyed, bushy-tailed as freshman.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2008] Reference

A bushy-tailed Colobus monkey sprinted across the savanna.    From Wordnik.com.  [Karin Badt: From Devils to Zebras: Riccardo Orizio's Safari in Kenya] Reference

Thursday, July 17, 2003 not very bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.    From Wordnik.com.  [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference

I also need to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for working tomorrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [SuperCosmologists Think Out of the Box] Reference

And the billionaire has the bushy-tailed rodents' interests at heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Billionaire Blixseth Wants Land For Land] Reference

In the wild, those bushy-tailed tree rats live an average of two years.    From Wordnik.com.  [The dreaded nastiness of urban-squirrel season is upon us. - 22 Words] Reference

"I try to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed about things," Caffrey said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard times in Midwest endanger Democrats] Reference

And replaced them with these freakily bright and bushy-tailed creatures?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dude, who stole my students?] Reference

But everyone was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, which is always a good sign.    From Wordnik.com.  [EVERYONE has a freaking MySpace account] Reference

"We were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, straight out of uni," Sutton recalls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andrew Strauss: from scatterbrain to a very English hero | Andy Wilson] Reference

Squirlol: A small, bushy-tailed critter that stores its nuts for the winter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lolwerdz & Cheezwerdz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

It was Mahatma, the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed perennial thorn in her side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phule me twice]

Was very glad to see you were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed by the next Monday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 09/23/09] Reference

Mahmoud obtained a fox, which was his first mammal, saving a bushy-tailed rat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern Arabia] Reference

These large, bushy-tailed creatures look more like squirrels than typical rats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luzon tropical pine forests] Reference

Did I really descend from the skies in the form of a small, bushy-tailed rodent?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look, Ma! I'm a Squirrel!] Reference

I lost a lot of my bushy-tailed and bright-eyed sensility of fun early in the game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Piccirilli; Kris Rusch] Reference

It makes you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, three meters tall and covered with hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tunnel In The Sky]

At least today, with meetings cancelled, I need not be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.    From Wordnik.com.  [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference

I love the first week: freshers are so, well, fresh, all starry-eyed and bushy-tailed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freshers week] Reference

Will I manage to drag myself out of a comfy bed bright eyed and bushy-tailed to attend?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CineVegas Film Festival…red carpet events, premiere screenings, celebrity sightings. Film buffs and jet-set head for Sin City event! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture] Reference

The children did, to judge by how bright-eyed and bushy-tailed they were in the morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Operation Luna]

The owner bounded to greet him: a Cynthian by species, small, white-furred, bushy-tailed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Game Of Empire]

It's very sad, but she woke bright-eyed and bushy-tailed so it can't be that bad for her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some new public photos] Reference

The reception is a bit icier when the bushy-tailed predators show up in someone's backyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyotes Establish Residency in Chicago] Reference

In fact, I have in years past been one of those bright-eyed, bushy-tailed campaign monkeys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - Goode gains a third challenger.] Reference

And how are those little bushy-tailed critters supposed to rotate that massive handle, huh?.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Wooden Squirrel Cage Machine Obsesses Over Your Thoughts For You."] Reference

(And yes, my son is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and one of the smartest kids in his class.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Shame And The Mom: A Boob Story | Her Bad Mother] Reference

The younger skater goes out there, the world is theirs and they're bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - 'Anything's possible'] Reference

The next morning I woke up after six hours of sleep, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with no hangover whatsoever.    From Wordnik.com.  [whitehelmet Diary Entry] Reference

So off I scuttled to those schools, all bushy-tailed and bated, hopin' to impress some institutes of higher learning.    From Wordnik.com.  [UNC Chancellor Slams Duke, Duke Asks: Why Does Everyone Hate Us?] Reference

Every day, I speak to dozens of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed candidates frothing at the mouth to get into investment banking.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Bledin: A Cubicle of One's Own] Reference

All the session Chairs were Hindus and 99% of the participants of the students 'section were the bushy-tailed and bright-eyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [WE BETTER HURRY] Reference

Every morning I do two laps of the park, checking the trees for them, and rounding up any of the bushy-tailed intruders I can.    From Wordnik.com.  [THROW ME A BONE] Reference

I saw him up late last night and here he is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to tell us what's going on in Tallahassee this morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Election 2000: Florida Ballot Dispute Goes Back to U.S. Supreme Court; Gore and Bush Can Only Watch and Wait - December 10, 2000] Reference

There, amid the photos of Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain, is a flattering pic of Slick Willy looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Clinton, Cindy McCain, Michelle Obama…who would make best 1st Lady? « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture] Reference

You come in here all bright - eyed and bushy-tailed as a freshman thinking about that big job you're going to get when you graduate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2008] Reference