small hours (of the night) and wee hours (of the night)
Theme: TIME
the hours immediately after midnight.
The dance went on into the small hours of the night.Jim goes to bed in the wee hours and gets up at lunchtime.
wee hours
noun very early in the morning; the hours just after midnight US, 1973
the wee hours (of the night/morning)
The very early hours after midnight. I was studying for the exam until the wee hours of the morning, and now I can barely keep my eyes open!We all danced until the wee hours of the night.I love the wee hours, when few are awake and one can be alone with one's thoughts.
wee hours
The early hours of the morning right after midnight: "post-disco electronic rhythms that propel clubgoers into the wee hours"(Jon Pareles).