up with the lark

English

Alternative forms

up with the larks

Pronunciation

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Adjective

up with the lark

(idiomatic) Awake and out of bed early in the morning.
- 1927, Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, part 1 "The Window", chapter 1:
  "Yes, of course, if it’s fine tomorrow," said Mrs Ramsay. "But you'll have to be up with the lark," she added.

Related terms

rise with the lark

Translations

awake and out of bed early

Finnish: aamuvirkku (fi)
Polish: wstawać z kurami impf (verb)
Russian: с пе́рвыми петуха́ми (s pérvymi petuxámi) ("with the first roosters")
Swedish: uppe med tuppen

See also

early bird

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.

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