get one's juices flowing
Stimulate creative energy
To get one's juices flowing is to become energized, stimulated, or creatively activated.
The phrase suggests awakening enthusiasm or mental sharpness, often before a task requiring focus or inspiration: A morning run gets my juices flowing, Nothing gets the creative juices flowing like a tight deadline.
The juices evoke bodily fluids associated with vitality and arousal.
Operate a vehicle
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
determination · enthusiasm · energy · vigor · resolve · willpower · grit · aspiration
Source of creative impulse
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- ideationForming mental concepts
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- innovationCreating something original
insight · eureka · breakthrough · epiphany · muse · invention · originality · conceptualization
Surge of intense excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- buzzContinuous low drone
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
rush · stimulation · anticipation · energy · animation · vivacity · sensation · charge
drive
Operate a vehicle
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
eagerness · determination · enthusiasm · energy · vigor · resolve · willpower · grit · aspiration · tenacity
inspiration
Source of creative impulse
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- ideationForming mental concepts
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
innovation · insight · eureka · breakthrough · epiphany · muse · invention · originality · conceptualization · ingenuity
thrill
Surge of intense excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- buzzContinuous low drone
electricity · rush · stimulation · anticipation · energy · animation · vivacity · sensation · charge · spark
get one's juices flowingstifle
Suppress or restrain
stunt · block · put a damper on · stagnate · hit a wall
get one's juices flowingdemotivate
Reduce someone's eagerness
discourage · dispirit · deflate · drain · bring down
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