lively as a grig

English

Adjective

lively as a grig (comparative more lively as a grig, superlative most lively as a grig)

  1. (simile) Very lively.
    • 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:
      And all the while Tom was swimming about in the river, with a pretty little lace-collar of gills about his neck, as lively as a grig, and as clean as a fresh-run salmon.
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