full-of-beans

Adjective

(comparative more full of beans, superlative most full of beans)

Origin

Attested since the 1840s. Possibly a reference to coffee beans.

Adjective

(comparative more full of beans, superlative most full of beans)

(chiefly US, idiomatic) Incorrect; uninformed; exaggerating or expressing falsehood.

Origin

Attested since the 1930s. A euphemistic form of full of shit.

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