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
Gunni-Ancient Scandinavian
Wu-Chinese
KlemensKLE-mens (German, Polish)German, Danish, Swedish, Polish
JaniČKa-Czech
BÉBhinnBAY-vin, BE-veenIrish
Fri&Eth;Uswi&Thorn;-Anglo-Saxon