morning

(Good) morning.

the standard greeting phrase used any time between midnight and noon. Bob: Good morning. Bill: Good morning, Bob. You sure get up early!

gotta get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)

Rur. it would be difficult to do something (specified) because of the ability or quality involved. You gotta get up pretty early in the morning to cheat Bill Johnson. He's a sharp businessman for sure. You gotta get up pretty early in the morning to know your Bible better than Preacher Harris.

See also: early, get, gotta, pretty, up

morning after (the night before)

a hangover; the feelings associated with having drunk too much alcohol. Do worries about the morning after keep you from having a good time at parties? She's suffering from the morning after the night before.

See also: after

Morning dreams come true.

Prov. If you dream something in the morning, it will really happen. (According to a superstition.) As I was sleeping through the sound of my alarm clock this morning, I dreamed I was late to work. That morning dream definitely came true.

See also: come, dream, true

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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

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: and, 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

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