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[early bird
catches the worm] or [early bird gets the worm] Aperson who gets up early in the
morning has the best chance ofsucceeding; if you arrive early or are quicker,
you get ahead ofothers. - A proverb.
When Billy's father woke him up for
school hesaid, "The early bird catches the worm."
Charles began looking fora
summer job in January; he knows that the early bird gets the worm.
Compare:
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
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