up with the roosters

up with the roosters

Awake at a particularly early hour, especially at or before sunrise (i.e., the hour when roosters wake). I'm sorry, but I have to get going. I have to be up with the roosters tomorrow. Ma is up with the roosters every day to prepare breakfast for the farmhands.
See also: rooster, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • up with the chickens
  • up with the lark
  • up with the lark(s)
  • be up with the chickens
  • be up with the lark(s)
  • lark
  • get up with the chickens
  • be up with the crows
  • up with the crows
  • wake up with the chickens