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rise and shine
Idioms and Phrases
An expression used when waking someone up, as in It's past seven, children鈥攔ise and shine! Originating as a military order in the late 1800s, shine here means 鈥渁ct lively, do well.鈥Example Sentences
鈥淩ise and shine, you two. They鈥檒l soon be bringing Camilla鈥檚 breakfast.鈥
She was probably about to say, 鈥淩ise and shine!鈥 her usual greeting.
If you鈥檙e driving, rise and shine, and be on your way.
You can mix the batter a day or two in advance, refrigerate, and then allow folks to scoop and make waffles as they rise and shine.
Here鈥檚 where you want to land for brunch: a corner restaurant in Chelsea with a choice of indoor or outdoor seating, streams of light, pleasant servers in gingham blue shirts and the kind of American menu that takes into account that some people like to rise and shine for chicken liver mousse or chilled Maine lobster instead of eggs and beignets.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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