Idiom
bright and early
Meaning
(Very) early in the morning.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We need to leave bright and early tomorrow morning.”
“To beat the heavy holiday traffic, we decided to start our long road trip bright and early.”
“The hikers rose bright and early, eager to reach the mountain summit before the afternoon clouds obscured the view.”
Examples
simple
“We need to leave bright and early tomorrow morning.”
contextual
“To beat the heavy holiday traffic, we decided to start our long road trip bright and early.”
complex
“The hikers rose bright and early, eager to reach the mountain summit before the afternoon clouds obscured the view.”
Origin
From *bright*, in the sense of behaving in a cheerful or vivacious manner, and *early*. The construction conjoins the timing of one's arrival with the presumed excellence of one's spirits.
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