с петухами

• С ПЕТУХАМИ coll

[PrepP; Invar; adv]

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1. ложиться, засыпать с петухами (to go to bed) very early in the evening:

- (go to bed) with the chickens (the sun).

     ♦ Не звони ему так поздно: он обычно ложится спать с петухами. Don't call him so late at night: he usually goes to bed with the sun.

2. вставать, просыпаться ≈ coll (to rise, wake up) before daybreak or very early in the morning:

- with the cocit's crow;

- at cockcrow;

- with the chickens (the sun);

- with the birds;

- at the crack (the break) of dawn.

     ♦ ...В лагере мы жили в конюшне, на другой ее половине - соседи-лошади... Ложимся с курами, встаём с петухами (Иоффе 1). ...In one of the camps we lived in the stables, horses were our neighbors in the other half. ... We went to bed with the hens and rose at cockcrow (1a).