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day lark

idiom
Meaning

One who gets up early in the morning or goes to bed early.


Examples
SIMPLE

My sister is a day lark who wakes up at five.

CONTEXTUAL

I struggle to stay awake at night because I am a natural day lark.

COMPLEX

While her husband preferred the quiet of the midnight hours, she was a dedicated day lark who found her greatest inspiration in the early morning light.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a cold day in July

    The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.

  2. 02

    a day late and a dollar short

    Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.

  3. 03

    a year and a day

    A long time.

  4. 04

    as the day is long

    Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.

  5. 05

    bad hair day

    A day when things seem to be unmanageable or go wrong.

  6. 06

    banyan day

    In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.

  7. 07

    black day

    A day of great disaster, misfortune or unhappiness.

  8. 08

    call it a day

    To cease an activity.

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