What does keen as mustard mean

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Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. Follow us. Choose a dictionary. Example Sentences Little kids are always as keen as mustard to learn new things around them. She is as keen as mustard to get her hands on the new toys that her mother promised her.

The class was as keen as mustard to begin the 4 day trip. She went to Europe for a vacation and came home as keen as mustard to go back.

I am as keen as mustard to live rest of my life in Surrey, Canada. It also means a person fond of doing something out of curiosity and enjoying it. However, its overall meanings depend on the context in which it is used. Mustard was, and till now is a must ingredient for cooking beef because it would add flavor and increase appetite.

The phrase is also stated to have been referred by William Walker in his book Phraseologica Anglo-Latina , or Phrases of the English and Latin Tongue published in Wallace, in King by Night.

K-eep keen as mustard, R-emain faithfully ardent; E-nthusiastic endeavor S-aves you from being indifferent.