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(as) keen as mustard
UK old-fashionedDefinition
› very eager and interested in everythingExcited, interested and enthusiastic
(Definition of (as) keen as mustard from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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(as) clear as mud idiom
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(as) cool as a cucumber idiom
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(as) deaf as a post idiom
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(as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom
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(as) free as a bird idiom
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(as) large as life idiom
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(as) light as a feather idiom
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(as) long as your arm idiom
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(as) mad as a hatter/March hare idiom
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(as) man to man idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Excited, interested and enthusiastic
Synonyms and related words:
- -mad suffix
- aflame adjective
- aflutter adjective
- agog adjective
- all of a flutter idiom
- animated adjective (ENERGETIC)
- anxious adjective (EAGER)
- engrossed adjective
- enthusiastic adjective
- entranced adjective
- evangelical adjective (OPINIONS)
- excited adjective
- fevered adjective (EXCITED)
- go-ahead adjective
- heartily adverb (ENTHUSIASTIC)
- keyed up adjective
- kid noun (CHILD)
- make (all) the right, correct, etc. noises idiom
- omnivorous adjective
- zestful adjective
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