bouncing off the walls
Wildly energetic indoors
Bouncing off the walls describes a state of hyperactive, restless energy—someone so wound up they can't sit still.
Usually applied to children after too much sugar or excitement, or adults in confined spaces with nothing to do: The kids have been bouncing off the walls all afternoon.
The image is of someone so energized they're ricocheting around a room.
- hyperactivityExcessive physical or mental energy
- running aroundMoving busily in directions
- full of beansVery lively, energetic
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- jumping for joyExuberant celebratory motion
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