up with the lark
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Up very early in the morning.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Up with the lark and wanting to get out of town, I have to keep the lid on my impatience.
Brittain is always up with the lark and it was a nice piece of work that Needle Gun did under Roberts on the Side Hill woodchip gallops early on Tuesday that makes me select him for the Laburnum Stakes.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Common questions
What does “up with the lark” mean?
Up very early in the morning.
Is “up with the lark” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.