morning

a Monday morning quarterback (American)

someone who says how an event or problem should have been dealt with, after other people have already dealt with it. It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback when you see the kids' low test scores, but there are no easy answers to improving education.

See also: Monday

the morning after (the night before) (informal)

the morning after a party, when you feel ill because you were drunk. Frank's got a bad case of the morning after.

See also: after

morning, noon, and night

if you do something morning, noon, and night, you do it most of the time. They've been working morning, noon, and night to finish the decorating before the baby's born.

See also: night

that Monday morning feeling (informal)

if you have that Monday morning feeling, you are unhappy that the weekend has finished and you have to go back to work. 'You look fed up. What's wrong?' 'Oh, it's just that Monday morning feeling.'

See also: feeling, Monday, that