wee hours (of the night)

wee hours (of the night)
the small hours (of the night) & the wee hours (of the night)
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • wee hours — The crack of dawn, or just before it, usually between 1 A.M. and 4 A.M. or 2 A.M. and 5 A.M. * /He stayed up all night when they were expecting their first child; finally, a boy was born in the wee hours of the morning./ Compare: SMALL HOURS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • wee hours — The crack of dawn, or just before it, usually between 1 A.M. and 4 A.M. or 2 A.M. and 5 A.M. * /He stayed up all night when they were expecting their first child; finally, a boy was born in the wee hours of the morning./ Compare: SMALL HOURS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • wee\ hours — the crack of dawn, or just before it, usually between 1 A.M. and 4 A.M. or 2 A.M. and 5 A.M. He stayed up all night when they were expecting their first child; finally, a boy was born in the wee hours of the morning. Compare: small hours …   Словарь американских идиом

  • wee hours — UK US noun [plural] informal the hours in the middle of the night, after midnight Thesaurus: times in the evening or nighthyponym happening at night and related to nightsynonym * * * wee hours, the early morning hours; …   Useful english dictionary

  • wee hours — wee ,hours noun plural INFORMAL the hours in the middle of the night, after midnight …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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