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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Wee hours
Dodging irate fans and a quote-hungry media, the Pakistan cricket team returned home in the wee hours of the morning after a disastrous tour of Australia during which the side was whitewashed in all three formats of the game.
Source :
http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/23851/pak-players-avoid-fans-media-on-return
Could you please explain to me what "wee hours" means in this context?
Source :
http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/23851/pak-players-avoid-fans-media-on-return
Could you please explain to me what "wee hours" means in this context?
Top answer
Wee hours AKA small hours are the hours following midnight.
- Wee hours AKA small hours are the hours following midnight.
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Thank you friend.
But "small hours" sound absurd to me. How hours can be small?
Anyway, as you mentioned, if it's hours following midnight, I guess it is after 12 a.m.
But "small hours" sound absurd to me. How hours can be small?
Anyway, as you mentioned, if it's hours following midnight, I guess it is after 12 a.m.
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Hi, User_gary
In my language it sounds pretty natural. Think of small hours as small numbers.
In my language it sounds pretty natural. Think of small hours as small numbers.
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1 am
2 am
3 am
Those are small numbers.
In the wee hours -- after midnight, before "morning."
2 am
3 am
Those are small numbers.
In the wee hours -- after midnight, before "morning."
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