burn the midnight oil
/ˌbɜːrn ðə ˌmɪdnaɪt ˈɔɪl/
to work late into the night
burn the midnight oil in a sentence
“She burned the midnight oil to finish the proposal.”
Origin of burn the midnight oil
From era before electricity when oil lamps were burned late at night for light
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