burn the midnight oil
Verb

burn the midnight oil

  1. (idiomatic) To work studiously, especially late into the night.
    He was burning the midnight oil to finish his paper.
    She was burning the midnight oil to finish her part of the project.
Synonyms Related terms
  • candlewasting
Translations
  • French: travailler tard#French|tard le#French|le soir, bûcher
  • Italian: fare le ore piccole, passare la notte in bianco
  • Portuguese: passar a noite em claro, virar a noite, fazer uma direta
  • Russian: полуно́чничать
  • Spanish: hacer días y noches



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