Idiom
buck fever
Meaning
Excitement and nervousness felt by a new hunter upon seeing game.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He had buck fever and missed the shot.”
“The young hunter struggled to aim his rifle because he was suffering from a bad case of buck fever.”
“As the massive deer stepped into the clearing, the novice hunter felt the paralyzing grip of buck fever, causing his hands to shake uncontrollably.”
Examples
simple
“He had buck fever and missed the shot.”
contextual
“The young hunter struggled to aim his rifle because he was suffering from a bad case of buck fever.”
complex
“As the massive deer stepped into the clearing, the novice hunter felt the paralyzing grip of buck fever, causing his hands to shake uncontrollably.”
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