Early bird catches the worm.

Meaning: If you wake up early and start working, you will be successful.

Choice of Words: Early means happening or done at or near the beginning of a period of time, while bird is a warm-blooded vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, and a beak and catches means to seize or capture (someone or something). A worm is a soft-bodied invertebrate animal with a long, cylindrical body and no legs.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The early bird catches the worm.
• Early bird catches tasty worm.
• Early bird gets best worm.
• Early bird gets the worm.
• The early bird gets the worm.
• Early to bed, early to rise.
• Early to bed, early to rise, healthy life.
• The cat catches the bird for dinner.
• The cat catches the bird in its claws.
• Cat pounces, catches bird, hunger satisfied.