back in the saddle

Definitions

Returned to one's normal, healthy, functioning state, as from an interruption or setback.

Examples

““Well, that's it. Let's reactivate him. Wake⟳ up!” “[Yawns] Hey, chumps and chumpettes. Did you get⟳ the bomb out? Can I go back to saying the word I love⟳ to say⟳?” “I'm sorry, but we couldn't remove⟳ it.” “It's stuck in there with glue or something. I don't know⟳.” “Well, this is just great. What's the point⟳ of living if I can't say⟳ ass? [Gasps] Hey! I didn't blow⟳ up! Ass! Ass! Ass! Ass! Ass! All right! I'm back in the saddle.” “We couldn't disarm the bomb, so we reset the word that triggers it.” “It's from the list of words you almost never say⟳.” “That's using your ass. So what's the word?” “We think⟳ it's better if you don't know⟳.” “Oh, come⟳ on. I'm not going to say⟳ it. Please⟳? Ooh, is it "please⟳"?” “Nope.” “Hmm. Words I never say⟳. Oh. I know⟳. "Thanks."” “Bender, stop⟳ trying to destroy⟳ the world.” “Wait⟳, wait⟳, wait⟳, wait⟳. Is it "sorry"? No. "Funderful"? Mmm... "Non-alcoholic"?” “Quit⟳ it.” “Bender.” “Stop⟳ it, mon.” “Enough already.” “"Compassion"? "Shrimp toast"? "Antiquing"?” [Explosion] “I'm all right.””

“Eighteen months into his time off, a friend of Bean's who worked at Jaffe Raitt Heuer &; Weiss in Detroit had a large client that needed a senior attorney. Bean had not been actively looking to return⟳ to lawyering -- especially at a firm -- but the option to work⟳ part time appealed to him. " The client and I got along well and it was a nice firm, " Bean recalls. Before long, the position became full time and Bean is now a Jaffe Raitt partner. / "I'm back in the saddle," he says.”

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