crack of sparrows phr.
(Aus.) dawn, very early in the morning.
That’s Unusual 218: We could be in here till the crack of sparrows. | ||
Falling & Laughing 202: OK, we’d be back at the crack of sparrows on Monday for a 9 am appointment, but he’d spent his last night in hospital. | ||
Third Language Dict. [ebook] ‘Can you pick me up tomorrow morning?’‘No, sorry; I’ll be out and gorn (gone) by the crack of sparrows’ (it is alleged that sparrows and most beings, fart at dawn). |