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.
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
- 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)