oh dark hundred

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von oh dark hundred im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake)

I had to get up at oh dark hundred to catch a plane.

Silbentrennung

oh dark hun·dred

Türkische aussprache

ō därk hʌndrıd

Aussprache

/ˈō ˈdärk ˈhəndrəd/ /ˈoʊ ˈdɑːrk ˈhʌndrəd/

Etymologie

() From military time, in which hours before 10:00 am are prefixed with a zero, read as "oh", and 00 minutes is read as "hundred", as in oh five-hundred for 5:00 am.