Complete Definition of "wee small hours"

English

Noun
the wee small hours (always plural)

  1. The very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep.

#:* He worked into the wee small hours to get everything perfect for the opening day.

Usage notes
Within the context of a sentence, almost always used with the definite article "the", especially, or a demonstrative adjective.

Synonyms
italbrac|very early morning oh dark thirty, small hours, wee hours

Translations
trans-top|very early morning
Bosnian: sitni sati
Dutch: de vroege uurtjes
German: frühe Morgen m, Morgengrauen n
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �и�ни �а�и
:Latin: sitni sati
Spanish: madrugada f
Swedish: småtimmar (pl)
trans-bottom

Category:English idioms

Revision and Credits for"wee small hours"
  • 2007-06-17 05:28 - AutoFormat - -{{top}} +{{trans-top|very early morning}}, gender -[[früh]]e [[Morgen]] ''m'', [[Morgengrauen]] ''n'' +[[früh]]e [[Morgen]] {{m}}, [[Morgengrauen]] {{n}}, gender -[[madrugada]] ''f'' +[[madrugada]] {{f}}

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