butt crack of dawn
Way too early
The butt crack of dawn is very early morning—the first moment of daylight, or even before.
The phrase plays on "crack of dawn" by substituting the vulgar "butt crack," emphasizing just how ungodly early the hour feels: We had to be at the airport at the butt crack of dawn.
The crudeness conveys the speaker's displeasure at being awake.
- earlyOccurring before expected
- morningsEarly day periods
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- daybreakMorning's first light
- sunupMorning's first light
first light · wake-up call · ungodly hour · graveyard shift · bright and early · early morning · golden hour · red-eye flight · morning · morning · early morning · morning
butt crack of dawndead of night
Darkest part of evening
middle of the night · midnight · witching hour · late night · dusk
butt crack of dawnmid-morning
Late part of morning
late morning · afternoon · noon · midday · banker's hours
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