burn midnight oil idiom meaning | BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL - Cambridge English Dictionary

 

BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL - Cambridge English Dictionary | burn midnight oil idiom meaning

burn midnight oil idiom meaning

Burn the midnight oil is a phrase that means to stay up late at night to work, study, read, or perform some other activity, as in In order to finish this project on time we are going to have to burn the midnight oil tonight. Burn the midnight oil is especially likely to refer to studying or working.

 

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