rise and shine


rise and shine

Wake up, get out of bed, and start your day! Rise and shine, sleepy head! You've got a busy morning, so you'd better get a move on.See also: and, rise, shine

Rise and shine!

Fig. Get out of bed and be lively and energetic! (Often a command.) Come on, children! Rise and shine! We're going to the beach. Father always calls "Rise and shine!" in the morning when we want to go on sleeping.See also: and, rise

rise and shine

An expression used when waking someone up, as in It's past seven, children-rise and shine! Originating as a military order in the late 1800s, shine here means "act lively, do well." See also: and, rise, shine

rise and shine

get out of bed smartly; wake up. informalSee also: and, rise, shine

ˌrise and ˈshine

(old-fashioned) used for telling somebody to get out of bed in the morning: Rise and shine, everyone, we’ve got a lot to do today.See also: and, rise, shine

Rise and shine!

exclam. Get up and get going! Get up! Rise and shine! It’s late. See also: and, rise

rise and shine

Time to wake up. This term originated as a military order in the late nineteenth century. Shine presumably refers to acting lively even though one wants nothing more than to stay in bed. Rudyard Kipling used it figuratively in Diversity of Creatures (1917): “A high sun over Asia shouting: ‘Rise and shine!’”See also: and, rise, shine