wide eyed and bushy tail

for a person to be alert/striking interest to possibly something they just heard or witnessed.

also meaning to get all worked up (mad) over someones comment

"damn he was all wide eyed and bushy tail when i told him what happened last night"

wide eyed and bushy tail by vlesh May 1, 2008

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 

very eager and energetic

The freshly recruited programmer was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed by The Return of Light Joker March 7, 2012

bright eyed and bushy tailed 

Excited and attentive. Reffering to squirrels.

As in 'Here is my new kindergarten class, all bright eyed and bushy tailed.' The allusion here is to the appearance of a squirrel, which with its beady eyes and bushy tail looks ready for anything. 1930s

bright eyed and bushy tailed by Richard H G Bittner July 10, 2006

Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed 

To be wide awake, not tired... old western slang

Woman: Baby are you tired?
Man: Nah, I'm bright eyed and bushy tailed

Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed by Kelly L August 24, 2005

your bright-eyed and bushy tailed

in awe

= "hi"
- "hello Dr. Phil"
- "Your Bright-eyed and bushy tailed"
- "I want you to live your life as a gay woman"
- "bye"

your bright-eyed and bushy tailed by Janell Ann September 23, 2009

Cock Eyed and Bushy Tailed 

This is wen some thing you have been workin on has major problems with it when it is finished. You stay back and look at it to see if its Cocked Eyed and Bushy Tailed

Chris: How did your cabinet turn out
Eric: Its really bad, Its all cock eyed and bushy tailed

Cock Eyed and Bushy Tailed by SteelerFan86 November 4, 2007

Ricky Bushytail 

The "special" squirrel assistant of a deranged yet beloved, Belgian philosophy professor at the Catholic University of America.

Ricky Bushytail is a fucking squirrel philosopher, the Aristotle of squirrels.

Ricky Bushytail by Hugh G. Rection III November 4, 2008