# early bird

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/early-bird
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others.

## Examples

- My sister is an early bird who exercises at dawn.
- I am not an early bird, so I usually struggle to wake up before seven in the morning.
- As a dedicated early bird, he finds that the quiet hours of the morning are the most productive time for his writing.

## Origin

From the expression the early bird gets the worm.

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