sunny side up

sunny side up

1. Of an egg, fried in a pan on one side so that the yolk remains runny on the top. When I was a kid, I would only eat eggs cooked sunny side up; now I'm a bit more flexible in how they can be prepared.
2. Having a particularly cheerful and optimistic attitude and outlook. He's a really nice guy, but it's a little irritating how he's always sunny side up like that. Not everything is sunny side up in the country, though, despite its booming economy; many in the more rural areas still face poverty and high unemployment rates
See also: side, sunny, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sunny-side up

Fig. [of eggs] with yolks facing up and not turned over or cooked through; straight up. I'll have my eggs sunny-side up, with toast and coffee. People who like sunny-side up eggs wouldn't dream of eating a whole raw egg.
See also: up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

sunny side up

mainly BRITISH, JOURNALISM
1. If you describe someone or something as sunny side up, you mean that they are cheerful and bright. This was Sol, sunny side up. He was `loving every moment' with his new club, feeling `alive again.' Note: You can also say that you keep your sunny side up, meaning that you stay cheerful. Somehow, throughout all this, she managed to keep her sunny side up.
2. If a fried egg is sunny side up, it is cooked on one side only and not turned over in the pan. She cooked his eggs the way he liked them — sunny side up and a drizzle of melted butter on top.
See also: side, sunny, up
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

sunny side up

(of an egg) fried on one side only. North American
See also: side, sunny, up
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌsunny-side ˈup

(American English) (of an egg) fried on one side only: How’d you like your eggs - scrambled or sunny-side up?
See also: up
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

sunny-side up

mod. [of eggs] having yolks facing up and still yellow and hot, but not cooked through; straight up. I’ll have my eggs sunny-side up, with toast and coffee.
See also: up
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • sunny-side up
  • take (one's) side
  • come down on the side of (someone or something)
  • come down/out on the side of somebody/something
  • one side
  • come out on the side of (someone or something)
  • the far side
  • wave at
  • wave at (someone or something)
  • wave to (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
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Fury and sound
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It's all bright for No1 Paolo; the Razz
The 22-year-old's second album Sunny Side Up went straight in at No1 on Sunday.
Phil, who played on three songs on Sunny Side Up, is a teacher at the academy.
SUNNY DELIGHT; iT'S OFFiCiAL
Paolo's second album Sunny Side Up has done better than his debut These Streets, which went to No.3 in 2006.
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Sunny day Paolo