vim and vigor

Idioms  

1. Ebullient vitality and energy, as in He was full of vim and vigor after that swim. This redundant expression uses both vim and vigor in the sense of “energy” or “strength.”

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vim and vigor

She ran into the crowd 30 minutes late and sat on the floor until it was her turn, rattling off flash fiction with the fluent vim and vigor of a pharmaceutical commercial’s legal disclaimer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2023

Of course they never will, but Biden works a crowd with a vim and vigor I haven't seen since Bill Clinton.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022

She is full of vim and vigor and maybe is no more likely to die of a stroke than Pete Buttigieg, 36.

From The Guardian ● May 18, 2019

As my wife keeps telling me, do not read exciting bedtimes stories to children, much less with Great vim and vigor, cause they quickly acquire vim and vigor.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2018

I made sure to come home all vim and vigor, never complaining about the customers’ behavior or about my feet hurting from standing all day.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu