early bird
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- noun
- /ˈɜrli bɜrd/
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- She is an early bird who enjoys watching the sunrise while jogging in the morning.
- early bird specials
Some people are night owls and some people are, you know, early birds.
- Some people are night owls and some people are, you know, early birds.
- You are an early bird, maybe bordering on an extreme early bird.
- Night owl or super early bird for people that are following that sort of schedule.
- And there were times, because society is desperately biased towards the morning types, you know, this notion of the early bird catches the worm.
- The early bird gets the worm every time.
Examples
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The old adage "the early bird gets the worm" holds true for flight booking.
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The early bird gets the worm.
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You know what they say about the early bird.
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I think some people just cannot be early birds, no matter how hard we try.
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Like they say, the early bird gets the worm.
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On Black Friday, the early bird really does get the worm.
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Early bird gets the worm.
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I have always believed in the phrase, "the early bird catches the worm."
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Some companies offer an early-bird discount if a client books ahead of time.
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You're an early bird.
Synonyms
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A person who feels most energetic and awake early in the day
A person who wakes up early without an alarm
Antonyms
How Early
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Surface Forms
Morphology
early + bird
The meaning 'a person who gets up or arrives early' is directly derivable from combining 'early' (occurring at an initial time) with 'bird' (used figuratively here to label a person). This is a transparent metaphor (reinforced by the common proverb 'the early bird catches the worm') that a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer.
Etymology
Early bird comes from the simple picture of a bird that wakes early to catch worms before others. So, calling someone an early bird means they get up or arrive early to 'get an advantage'.