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bright and early
bright and earlyIn the early morning. ("Bright" likely references the rising sun.) I had to wake up bright and early to make sure I was at the airport in time for my 7 AM flight. I was supposed to meet my sister bright and early at the gym, but I was so exhausted when my alarm went off that I just went back to sleep.See also: and, bright, earlybright and earlyvery early in the morning or the workday. Yes, I'll be there bright and early. I want to see you here on time tomorrow, bright and early, or you're fired!See also: and, bright, earlybright and earlyEarly in the morning, at dawn, as in It's a long trip, so we'll have to start out bright and early. The bright here presumably alludes to the brilliance of the dawning sun, which has long been noted by poets. [Early 1800s] See also: and, bright, earlybright and early COMMON Bright and early means early in the morning. I've got to be up bright and early in the morning to drive to Leeds.See also: and, bright, earlybright and early very early in the morning.See also: and, bright, earlybright and ˈearly early in the morning: You’re up bright and early this morning!See also: and, bright, earlybright and earlyFirst thing in the morning. Edward Young (1683–1765), in his long poem “Night Thoughts,” wrote, “Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew she sparkled.” The precise expression, however, seems to come from nineteenth-century America, where it appears in writings of Washington Irving and others. See also: and, bright, early |