wake up with the chickens



wake up with the chickens

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ealhstan-Anglo-Saxon
ClarenceKLER-ənts, KLAR-əntsEnglish
Charley['tʃa:li]
Baily['beili]
Eike-German
GordGORDEnglish