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
Ishbel-Scottish
Arevik-Armenian
Amadeusahm-ə-DAY-əs (English), ahm-ə-DEE-əs (English)Late Roman
Melittame-LI-tah (German)Ancient Greek, German
Finnuala-Irish, Irish Mythology
Dukvakha-Chechen