spring fever | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A feeling ofinvigorationandrestlessnessassociated with the arrival of the warm weather andrenewalof nature in the spring season.1896,Mark Twain, chapter 1, inTom Sawyer, Detective:It'sspring fever. . . . And when you've got it, you want—oh, you don't quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! It seems to you that mainly what you want is to get away; get away from the same old tedious things you're so used to seeing and so tired of, and set something new.1922,Zane Grey, chapter 10, inThe Call of the Canyon:The air was warm and balmy, carrying that subtle current which caused the mild madness ofspring fever.1992May 8, “For Sex Only (personal advertisement)”, inGay Community News, page12:GWF, professional, mid-thirties hasspring fever. Ihavea lover, just want to have more sex. Any women interested in wild nights or afternoon delight?2002April 11, Thomas Lueck, “Police Horse Bolts and Leads Officers on Chase”, inNew York Times, retrieved6 April 2009:Was it a case ofspring fever, or just a horse longing for its stable? Whatever the reason, one of the city's normally well-disciplined police horses bolted yesterday, injuring its rider and leading several patrol cars on a milelong chase through Lower Manhattan.; (idiomatic)A feeling oflazinessorlistlessnessassociated with the arrival of the warm,comfortableweather of the spring season.1867,Martha Finley, chapter 3, inElsie Dinsmore:"Yes, missus," replied the negro, scratching his head, "de horses am berry lazy; spec dey's got despring fever."1910,Christopher Morley, “The Club in Hoboken”, inPlum Pudding:Endymion and the Secretary, after sitting on a pier-end watching some barges, . . . were stricken with the very crisis ofspring feverand lassitude. They considered the possibility of hiring one of the soldiers' two-tiered beds for the afternoon.; (obsolete,Australia)Scurvy.

Examples:

EN: I had spring fever and the air was full of blossoms.
ES: Yo tenía fiebre y se olía olor de flores.
EN: Maybe she's got spring fever like you have.
ES: Tendrá fiebre primaveral como tú.
EN: It must be spring fever.
ES: Será alergia.
EN: I tell you, it isn't spring fever. It's typhoid fever!
ES: Te digo que no es fiebre de primavera, es fiebre tifoidea.
EN: You've got spring fever. Kiss me.
ES: Tienes la fiebre primaveral.
EN: I guess it's just a touch of spring fever.
ES: Fiebre primaveral.
EN: This is a funny time to be having spring fever, in October.
ES: ¡Si estamos en octubre!
EN: Perhaps it's a touch of spring fever?
ES: -Será la fiebre primaveral.
EN: I'd say that I had spring fever
ES: Yo diría que tuve fiebre primavera!
EN: Oh, why should I have spring fever
ES: Por qué debería tener fiebre primavera!
EN: It's like spring fever, only it lasts all summer.
ES: Es como una fiebre primaveral, solo que dura todo el verano.
EN: Here comes spring fever!
ES: ¡Aquí viene la primavera!
EN: Y - You're saying that someone got spring fever...
ES: ¿O sea que alguien tiene alergia a la primavera,
EN: Looks like Al's got a bit of that spring fever, huh?
ES: Parece que Al tiene un poco de esa fiebre de primavera, ¿eh?
EN: Everyone has spring fever.
ES: Todo el mundo tiene la fiebre de la primavera.

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