early bird catches the worm

early bird catches the worm or early bird gets the worm

A person who gets up early in the morning has the best chance of succeeding; if you arrive early or are quicker, you get ahead of others. — A proverb.

When Billy's father woke him up for school he said, "The early bird catches the worm."

Charles began looking for a summer job in January; he knows that the early bird gets the worm.

Compare: FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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get

[get] See: [GIVE AS GOOD AS ONE GETS], [EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM] or [EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM], [GO-GETTER], [TELL ONE WHERE TO GET OFF]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

bird

[bird] See: [EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM] or [EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM], [EAT LIKE A BIRD], [FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS], [FOR THE BIRDS], [KILL TWO BIRDS […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

worm

[worm] See: [EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM] or [EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

first come, first served

[first come, first served] {truncated sent.}, {informal} If you arrive first, you will be served first; people will be waited on in the order they come; the person who comes […] A Dictionary of American Idioms