Rise and shine
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rise and shine
An expression used when waking someone up, as in It's past seven, children--rise and shine! Originating as a military order in the late 1800s,
shine here means "act lively, do well."
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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