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night person n. a person who prefers to be active in the nighttime. (The plural is with people.)I can't function in the morning. I'm strictly a night person.Night people prefer to sleep in the daytime.
night Ⅰ noun► it'll be all right on the night; it will all come right on the nightused as an optimistic reassurance that everything will be fine. Originally theatrical, expressing the belief that all will be well for the first night. It'll Be Alright on the Night, a television programme celebrating the things that go wrong (despite its reassuring title) has been broadcast since 1977 UK, 1899.► make a night ofto spend the night in pursuit of (dissolute) pleasures UK, 1693 Ⅱ ⇨ night; 'night good night. Elliptical reduction of the customary good wishes at parting or sleep UK, 1912
idiomnight► have a night on the tilescall it a nightspoken to decide that you have done enough of a job or activity on a particular night, or that you are too tired to continue that night:OK, let's trying singing it all the way through without stopping, and then we'll call it a night.I think I'm going to have to call it a night. I've got tons to do tomorrow. —see also call it a dayit'll be all right on the night BrEBrEspoken used in order to say that an event or performance that you are planning will happen the way it is supposed to, although there are no problems now:"I'm really nervous about my presentation tomorrow." "Don't worry, I'm sure it'll be all right on the night."a night owllate used about someone who has a lot of energy at night, and usually goes to bed very late:Ibiza is a paradise for both sun-seekers and night owls, with its fantastic weather and abundance of night life.The Zirus were night owls - even their daughter went to bed later than I did.
(Good) night. 1. the appropriate departure phrase for leave-taking after dark. (This assumes that the speakers will not see one another until morning at the earliest. Night alone is familiar.) John: Bye, Alice. Alice: Night. See you tomorrow. Bill: Good night, Mary. Mary: Night, Bill. 2. the appropriate phrase for wishing someone a good night's sleep. Father: Good night, Bill. Bill: Night, Pop. Father: Good night. Mother: Good night. See:- (as) black as night
- (as) different as night and day
- (if you) sing before breakfast, (you'll) cry before night
- a night on the tiles
- a night out
- a night owl
- a night person
- a one-night stand
- about last night...
- all cats are gray after dark/at night
- all cats are grey at night
- all cats are grey by night
- all hours
- all hours (of the day and night)
- all night long
- at all hours (of the day and night)
- at night
- Bank Night
- be like ships in the night
- be like ships that pass in the night
- be ships that pass in the night
- be/take all day, morning, etc.
- black as a skillet
- black as night
- black as night/pitch/the ace of spades
- bunk down (for the night)
- by day
- call it a day
- call it a night
- day and night
- day or night
- dead of
- dead of night
- dead of night/winter, the
- different as night and day
- far into the night
- fly-by-night
- good night
- have a bad night
- have a good night
- have a good/bad night
- have a late night
- have an early night
- have an early/a late night
- hen night
- how can you sleep at night
- I must say good night
- I was up all night with a sick friend
- in the dead of night
- it'll be all right on the night
- lady of the night
- like a thief in the night
- like night and day
- make a day of it
- make a day/night/week of it
- make a day/night/weekend of it
- make a night of it
- morning, noon and night
- morning, noon, and night
- night
- night after night
- night and day
- night night
- night of the long knives
- night on the town
- night owl
- night person
- one-night stand
- red sky at night, shepherd's delight
- Saturday night special
- ships in the night
- ships that pass in the night
- sing before breakfast, you'll cry before night
- spend the night
- spend the night with somebody/together
- stag night
- stay the night
- the dead of night
- the early hours (of the night/morning)
- the morning after (the night before)
- the morning after the night before
- the small hours (of the night/morning)
- the still of (the) night
- the still of the night
- the watches of the night
- the wee hours (of the night/morning)
- the wee small hours (of the night/morning)
- thief in the night
- things that go bump in the night
- three dog night
- three-dog night
- till all hours (of the day and night)
- Time to call it a night
- until all hours (of the day and night)
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