fresh as a daisy

Idioms  

1. Well rested, energetic, as in I'm finally over my jet lag and feel fresh as a daisy. This simile may allude to the fact that a daisy's petals fold at night and open in the morning. [Late 1700s]

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Example Sentences

The brightness and pungency of the pepper-laced tomato sauce, the chew of the pasta, the verdancy of the fresh parsley — it's all as fresh as a daisy.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2021

“The Visitation,” looking fresh as a daisy after extensive recent conservation, shows the young Virgin Mary greeting the elderly St. Elizabeth at the top of a steep urban street.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2019

Ninety minutes in and he’s fresh as a daisy, spinning away from two Australians on the sideline, then dribbling around a third.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2018

"Twelfth Night was written around 1600," the paper's London reporter Ray Bennett explains to his readers, having obviously just looked it up on Wikipedia, "but in this joyful production, it seems fresh as a daisy."

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2011

I look over, and climbing in through one of the open windows is Red Jack, looking fresh as a daisy in a yellow waistcoat.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland