to have spring fever
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In Canadian English, this idiom typically means:
to be excited for the coming season of spring
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“You can tell that Canadians have spring fever when they start wearing shorts and sandals with no jackets in minus-five-degree weather.”
“After months of frigid, cold temperatures, he couldn’t help but have spring fever the moment it reached +1 degree Celsius. He knew that the positive temperatures would not last, after all it was still early in the year, but he was so excited for the warm weather, the colourful flowers, and the green leaves of trees that all come with spring.”
Do you ever have spring fever? What is your favourite part about spring?
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