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shit, shave, shower and shine 

Originating in the U.S. Army of WWII, this is the shorthand slogan to describe the hygiene preparation an enlisted soldier must do to ready himself for a military inspection by superiors.

"Shine" refers to the careful and thorough polishing of one's black military boots.

Now it has entered civilian use to mean preparation for any important social event in which one must look good, often abbreviated nowadays to just "shit, shave and shower".
Soldier 1: "We've got an inspection later today from the brass."

Soldier 2: "Guess it's time to shit, shave, shower and shine."
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Rise and shine 

Something you say to wake up someone, phrase used in the south, usually in the morning.
Billie's Mom: Billie are you a rug?

Billie: No.

Billie's Mom: Well stop laying around, rise and shine.
Rise and shine by Macie4fern January 9, 2017
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Riding my shine

To take credit for someone else's work. To steal the work of someone else and present it as your own.
She is totally riding my shine; she did none of the work but presented the project as her own to our boss.

Credit, plagiarism, counterfeiting, falsification, stealing
Riding my shine by errcricket March 10, 2013

spit first shine later 

A term used to describe a style of writing where you write furiously and randomly, then worry about spelling, grammar and sentence structure later.

The point is to bring out all your ideas on to the page as fast as possible and then rearrange them till they make sense.

Comes from an old concept where one spits on an old dirty object, then wipes it off resulting in a shine. First used by a blogger under the pen-name "FitJerk"
Instead of worrying about writing the perfect article, why don't you just spit first shine later?

Baby the Stars Shine Bright 

A brand of sweet lolita clothes from Japan. Makers of the line Alice and the Pirates, and featured in the movie 'Shimotsuma Monogatari' as the favorite brand of main character Momoko. One of the Japanese lolita brands that will ship directly to the US from their web site babyssb.co.jp.
I spent all my money on a new dress from Baby the Stars Shine Bright.

Dale Shine

A spanish phrase that means to go for it. Can also be used togeher with ala verga.
sobres wey dale shine ala verga!!!
Dale Shine by LDO956 March 26, 2011

Rise and shine 

Rise and shine. When u are sleeping in your crib and the camerman walks in and closes the door and then your mom comes in and says: RiSE anD sHinE
Stormi: dad, pls come pick me up. Wait gtg, she is coming. Bye😘
*pushes phone under pillow*
*fake sleeps*
Kylie Jenner: RISE AND SHINE🌞
Rise and shine by Bananaeateryum October 20, 2019