up with the lark
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9.1
- idiom
- UK
:
madrugador
- She loves to exercise early, so she usually wakes up with the lark.
Examples
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You must have been up with the lark.
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At dawn, you rise up with the lark
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He gets a lot done before breakfast because he is up with the lark.
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Being up with the lark gives her a sense of peace in the quiet morning.
Synonyms
65
1.0
To rise from bed early in the morning
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3.9
To wake up and start the day with energy
5
2.3
To get out of bed, usually early in the morning
3
1.0
To get out of bed early in the morning
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7.7
To get out of bed and start the day with energy
Wake up very early in the morning, often at sunrise
Wake very early in the morning, often before dawn
Get up very early at sunrise
Get up very early before sunrise
Antonyms
How Early
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'up' (awake) + 'with' (together with) + 'the lark' (a bird known for singing at dawn), so the overall sense 'awake very early' is partly inferable from the constituents. However, understanding requires the cultural/biological knowledge that larks are associated with dawn (and 'lark' is relatively low-frequency), so the meaning is not fully predictable for all learners without prior exposure.
Etymology
The idiom up with the lark comes from the bird called the lark, which sings at sunrise and is often awake before people. So to be up with the lark means to be 'awake or active very early in the morning'.