Crack of day...crack of dawn

[Thinker]

Test No. incompl/advan-65 "What a Cracker", question 3

It's a long way we have to travel tomorrow so we must get up very early in the morning at the crack of ..........

(a) dawn
(b) dusk
(c) day
(d) sun

Test No. incompl/advan-65 "What a Cracker", answer 3

It's a long way we have to travel tomorrow so we must get up very early in the morning at the crack of dawn.

Correct answer: (a) dawn

Hi Alan! Why in answers there 'day' and 'dawn'. Both 'crack of day' and 'crack of dawn' means the same - dawn
Thinker

[Torsten]

Hi Thinker,

You are right - at the crack of dawn means very early in the morning. At the break of day.
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[Torsten]

crack of dawn and break of day are very similar
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[Torsten]

Well,

Crack of dawn which means at the first sign of light, might be a more poetic way to say that the break of day has arrived.
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[Thinker]

[Yo]

the crack of dawn is when the sun first rises over the hill. its really beatiful where i live because i watch the sunrise across the big lake, looks more like an ocean but im on the coast. i will take a picture sometime.