An “early bird” is a very old idiom for someone who is up and productive early in the morning. See also “early bird gets the worm.”
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But the second mouse gets the cheese...
Have you ever heard the story about the grasshopper and the octopus?
All summer long the grasshopper worked to gather food while the octopus played video games. Then winter came and the grasshopper died so the octopus took all of his food. Also he got a racecar.
Or alternatively early worm gets the bird.
That's my point: going by the idiom, an early bord special would be a serving of worms 😁
That’s literally what they’re saying…
'The early bird gets the worm' should always be countered with 'but the second mouse gets the cheese'.
To me it actually sounds like they're serving poultry.
sounds like they’re serving poultry.
You mean like eggs?
What came first? The early chicken or the eggs over medium?
Hmm, maybe.. I'm still never not gonna think "gets the worm", though