rise with the lark

English

Verb

rise with the lark (third-person singular simple present rises with the lark, present participle rising with the lark, simple past rose with the lark, past participle risen with the lark)

1. (idiomatic) To be awake and out of bed early in the morning.

   Synonyms: get up with the chickens, rise with the sun, be up with the lark

   Coordinate terms: go to bed with the chickens, go to bed with the sun

Translations

be awake and out of bed early in the morning

• Finnish: nousta kukonlaulun aikaan
• Latvian: celties līdz ar gaiļiem
• Polish: wstawać z kurami impf
• Russian: встава́ть с петуха́ми impf (vstavátʹ s petuxámi), встать с петуха́ми pf (vstatʹ s petuxámi)

See also

• keep good hours
• early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
• day lark

Further reading

• “be up with the lark”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “be up with the lark” (US) / “be up with the lark” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.