I think that you mean "Up and at 'em". I believe this saying came from the great war of 1914, when the troops came up out of the trenches to advance on the enemy. The cry "Up and at 'em boys" would have given the troops encouragement.
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No actually that is what is mistaken for the phrase "Up and at 'em"
who was the first person to come up with the phrase "for the people,for th people,by the people"?
Up and Adam!!!! Probably closer to the phrase: up 'n' at 'em! [loosely, get to it; go for them.. the new day's tasks] Rise 'n' Shine
I think that you mean "Up and at 'em". I believe this saying came from the great war of 1914, when the troops came up out of the trenches to advance on the enemy. The cry "Up and at 'em boys" would have given the troops encouragement.
The phrase was "Arriba, arriba, ándele" (Spoken by Speedy Gonzales) and means "up, up, come on" or perhaps, "up, up, away".
The phrase 'up your alley' means that it is something that you like or might be good at. For instance, a good athlete may find football up his alley.
I usually think "tights come down and might come up".
I am from cental Wisconsin. I am not certain what the origin of the phrase is but it was commonly used by my father and grandfather
Ten Apples Up On Top!"
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It's the one that makes sense. UP and AT them (chores). Up and at 'em makes more sense when you think about it as a whole phrase. When does someone usually say this? When you're lying (or sitting) down, right? Like when you first wake up, or when you're being lazy. So think about it: the "up" is as in "GET UP." Get up and at' em. GET up and GET at them. Think about it that way, and then "Get up and get Adam" doesn't make any sense (unless there's somebody named Adam nearby). Nor does "up and atom."
The phrase early bird comes from the phrase the early bird gets the worm. That phrase comes from the English proverbs of 1670 meaning that the one to show up first has the best chance of success.