raring to go

1. Very eager to begin, as in The children were all dressed and raring to go. This idiom uses raring for rearing, and alludes to a horse's standing on its hind legs when it is anxious to get moving. [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

"Everybody's raring to go and loving playing for England."

From BBC

Bright said it was "really refreshing" to return to Chelsea training and is now raring to go for the new campaign.

From BBC

With England six days away from taking on France in their opening Group D game at Euro 2025, Sarina Wiegman's "special player" is fit and raring to go.

From BBC

But like many of us, I absolutely love a mystery, so I was raring to go until I found out that the evening’s very first order of business was choosing an alias and writing said alias on a nametag.

From Seattle Times

This team is always excited to put the red shirt on and you can see both the players and fans are raring to go.

From BBC