rise and shine! excl.
a joc. wake-up call; sometimes preceded by ‘wakey-wakey!’; also as v. (see cit. 1941).
Glasgow Herald 17 Aug. 4/5: Next morning at four o’clock the boatswain’s pipe sounded [...] followed by the unwelcome shout of ‘Rise and shine, rise and shine’. | ||
Denton (MD) Journal 24 Oct. 1/7: Slang of the Sailor [...] The duty of calling the men in the morning falls to the master at arms, and he says ‘show a leg’ or ‘rise up and shine’. | ||
letter in Dear Folks at Home (1919) 4: Hit the deck, leatherneck – Rise and Shine. | ||
Through the Wheat 47: Up you come, you dopes. Rise and shine. | ||
Tramp-Royal on the Toby 165: Come on, my lad, show a leg! [...] rise and shine! | ||
Coll. Stories (1965) 163: Well, he said, I suppose a man’s got to rise and shine. | ‘That Summer’||
(con. WWI) Fighting American (1945) 435: Rise and shine, young gentleman. | ‘Good Morning, Major!’ in Mason||
Death of a Barrow Boy 53: Wakey-wakey! [...] Show a leg there! Rise and shine! | ||
Complete Molesworth (1985) 250: Wakey-wakey she bellow, sho a leg rise and shine. | ||
Chips with Everything II i: Rise, rise, rise and shine – Christmas is over. Wakey-wakey, rise and shine. Let’s have you! | ||
Family Arsenal 64: Rise and shine. | ||
Another Day in Paradise 40: Wash ya faces, rise and fucking shine! |