Piss And Vinegar Meaning & Sentence Examples

Piss And Vinegar  Definition, Sentence Examples

PISS AND VINEGAR MEANING – Find out what piss and vinegar really mean. Example sentences of this idiomatic expression can also be found here.

The idiom “piss and vinegar” is unknown to have been created within a certain time period. This idiom is thought to have been created somewhere in the 1800s. However, the first recorded use of this term and expression dates to John Steinbeck’s 1936 book In Dubious Battle.

The same author, John Steinbeck, also used this term in his 1938 book The Grapes of Wrath, which is another citation

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Meaning:

  • to refer to oneself as someone who is angry and prepared to fight.
  • to refer to someone who is less than desirable.
  • to describe a person or group of people who are aggressive or in a fighting mood.
  • to be raucous
  • be very energetic and quite aggressive.

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Here are examples of sentences that use piss and vinegar:

  1. It took having kids of my own to remember how full of piss and vinegar a child can be at 6 AM.
  2. She came back full of piss and vinegar
  3. Pedro was full of piss and vinegar and that is just one of the many reasons why we will miss him badly.
  4. These kids are full of piss and vinegar since they never seem to stop making a noise.

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