(the) first thing (in the morning)

before doing anything else.

The first thing tomorrow, you'll have to cancel our reservations.

White had a habit of playing his trumpet first thing in the morning, which really irritated his neighbors.

• there's method in someone's madness
• There's more than one way to skin a cat.
• there's much to be said for
• there's much to be said for doing something
• there's much to be said for something
• There's no accounting for taste!
• there's no law against
• there's no law against doing something
• there's no law against something
• There's no peace for the wicked!
• There's no rest for the wicked!
• There's no smoke without fire.
• There's no such thing as a free lunch.
• there's no telling
• there's nothing to it
• There's nothing to it.
• There's no time like the present.
• There's no time to lose.
• There's no two ways about it.
• There's one born every minute.
• There's one for the books.
• There's safety in numbers.
• there's the rub
• There's the rub.
• the rest is history