eating one's Wheaties
Preparing for exertion
Eating one's Wheaties means performing with unusual strength, energy, or competence—from the cereal's long-running advertising as "the breakfast of champions." The phrase appears most often as a question or observation when someone displays impressive vigor: Did you eat your Wheaties this morning?
Someone's been eating their Wheaties.
- breakfastDay's first eating
- breakfast of championsMocking praise for questionable fare
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- focusConcentrated attention point
- energyPower to do work
part of a balanced breakfast · resilience · mental toughness · discipline · determination · sustenance · motivation · preparation · strength · champion · endurance · go the distance · power through · peak performance · alertness · protein · superfoods · morning routine
eating one's Wheatiesrunning on empty
Operating without remaining resources
running on fumes · out of gas · dead on one's feet · dragging · depleted
eating one's Wheatiesslacking off
Neglecting responsibilities deliberately
phoning it in · running on empty · running on fumes · coasting · going through the motions
eating one's Wheatiesout of shape
Lacking physical conditioning
rusty · past one's prime · over the hill · washed up · unfit