lively as a grig

Meanings

adjective

simileVery lively.
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.
1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
Synonyms: merry as a grig

adjectiveVery lively.

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