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piss and vinegar en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (US, slang, uncountable, vulgar) Exuberance or enthusiasm, especially to an excessive degree; bravado; youthful energy.
   • Everyone wants that: the vigor, fire, piss and vinegar. You really believe that you're taking on the world. 2008 October 2, David Fricke, “Q&A: Metallica's James Hetfield”, in Rolling Stone, retrieved 21 Feb 2009:
   • "I know what's a matter. Young fella, all full a piss an' vinegar. Wanta be a hell of a guy all the time." 1940, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Viking, page 248:

Deriveds

full of piss and vinegar

Relateds

piss and wind

Synonyms

spit and vinegar