bright and early

English

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Adverb

bright and early (comparative more bright and early, superlative most bright and early)

(idiomatic) early in the morning
Synonym: first thing

Translations

Translations

Dutch: voor dag en dauw
Finnish: aikaisin aamulla
French: de bon matin (fr), de grand matin, de bonne heure (fr), au petit matin, à l'aube, aux aurores (fr), au chant du coq
Greek: πρωί πρωί (proḯ proḯ)
Polish: bladym świtem, białym świtem

See also

small hours

Further reading

“bright and early”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“bright and early” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
“bright and early” (US) / “bright and early” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
“bright and early”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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