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top of the morning

idiom

A generic, cheerful greeting said to someone in the morning.


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  1. 01

    cherry on top

    Synonym of icing on the cake (“a thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad”).

  2. 02

    forget to take one's medication this morning

    To be annoyed or irritable, or to behave in an ill-mannered way, particularly in the morning.

  3. 03

    morning person

    A person who wakes up, without difficulty, early each morning and is alert and active during the first part of the day.

  4. 04

    on top

    In a dominant position.

  5. 05

    over the top

    Beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous.

  6. 06

    put the bottom rail on top

    To reverse a hierarchy.

  7. 07

    son of the morning

    A traveler.

  8. 08

    top banana

    The boss, the leader.

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