get up with the chickens



get up with the chickens

To wake up at a particularly early hour, especially at or before sunrise (i.e., the hour when chickens wake). No, thank you, I won't have another drink. I have to get up with the chickens tomorrow. Ma gets up with the chickens every day to prepare breakfast for the farmhands.
See also: chicken, get, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jolyon-English (Rare)
Gavriilgah-vree-EEL (Russian)Russian, Greek
Rubem-Portuguese (Brazilian)
Zaharinka-Bulgarian, Macedonian
BriceBRIES (English)French, English
Gruffud-Welsh