rise and shine
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
wake up and start the day
Literally: get up and be radiant
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
If I hadn't chucked away the rulebook shortly after Johannes Gutenburg invented printing, this would be the proper time for me to rise and shine.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “rise and shine” mean?
wake up and start the day Literally: get up and be radiant
Is “rise and shine” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.