second wind

A renewed feeling of energy after having reached the point of exhaustion.

Noun

A renewed feeling of energy after having reached the point of exhaustion.
- There is no need to describe how they toiled back up the gorge. It was pretty hard work, but oddly enough everyone felt more cheerful. They were getting their second wind; and the word supper had had a wonderful effect....
- Don't forget your second wind / sooner or later you'll feel that momentum kick in - 1985, Billy Joel, “You're Only Human (Second Wind)”:
- As I get up to leave, she [Tracey Emin] gets a second wind and starts to rant about the state of education, the NHS, the Post Office, the contaminated blood scandal … - 2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical,...