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idiomhoursthe small hours(also the wee small hours BrE)the early morning, between about 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock:Dave threw a memorable party before we left, which went on into the small hours.The bird decided to sing in the wee small hours of Saturday morning, keeping us awake for two hours.
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See:- (a) quarter of (a given hour in time)
- (one's) finest hour
- (the) man/woman of the hour
- a (unit of time) or two
- a bad quarter of an hour
- a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
- after hours
- all hours
- all hours (of the day and night)
- amateur hour
- at all hours
- at all hours (of the day and night)
- at an unearthly hour
- at an unearthly/ungodly hour
- at an ungodly hour
- at the bottom of the hour
- at the eleventh hour
- at the top of the hour
- banker’s hours
- banker's hours
- bankers' hours
- by the day
- by the hour
- darkest hour is just before the dawn
- eleventh hour
- eleventh hour, at the
- eleventh-hour decision
- for hours on end
- happy hour
- improve the shining hour
- in (one's) hour of need
- in the space of (an amount of time)
- in the space of a minute, an hour, a morning, etc.
- in your hour of need
- keep (some kind of) hours
- keep banker's hours
- keep late hours
- keep... hours
- kill (an amount of time)
- kill time
- kill time, a couple of hours, etc.
- long hours
- on the hour
- on the hour/half-hour
- one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after
- put (some time) in on (something)
- put in (some time) on (something)
- put off the evil day
- put off the evil hour
- quarter past (a given hour in time)
- rush hour
- seize the hour/day
- small hours
- spend (some amount of time) in (some place)
- stay up until (some hour)
- the bottom of the hour
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn
- the early hours (of the night/morning)
- the eleventh hour
- the evil hour/day/moment
- the evil moment/hour/day
- the small hours
- the small hours (of the night/morning)
- the small/early hours
- the top of the hour
- the wee hours (of the night/morning)
- the wee small hours (of the night/morning)
- the witching hour
- There aren't enough hours in the day
- till all hours
- till all hours (of the day and night)
- till/until all hours
- until all hours
- until all hours (of the day and night)
- wee hours
- witching hour
- work all the hours God sends
- your finest hour
- zero hour
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