early\ bird\ gets\ the\ worm

early\ bird\ gets\ the\ worm
• early bird gets the worm
• early bird catches the worm
proverb
A person who gets up early in the morning has the best chance of succeeding; if you arrive early or are quicker, you get ahead of others.

When Billy's father woke him up for school he said, "the early bird catches the worm."

Charles began looking for a summer job in January; he knows that the early bird gets the worm.

Compare: first come, first served

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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