- burn the midnight oil
- phrasal to work or study far into the night
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
burn the midnight oil
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burn the midnight oil — {v. phr.} To study late at night. * /Exam time was near, and more and more pupils were burning the midnight oil./ … Dictionary of American idioms
burn the midnight oil — {v. phr.} To study late at night. * /Exam time was near, and more and more pupils were burning the midnight oil./ … Dictionary of American idioms
burn the midnight oil — If you stay up very late working or studying, you burn the midnight oil … The small dictionary of idiomes
burn the midnight oil — ► to work late into the night Main Entry: ↑burn … Financial and business terms
burn the midnight oil — ► burn the midnight oil work late into the night. Main Entry: ↑burn … English terms dictionary
burn the midnight oil — phrasal : to work or study far into the night * * * burn the midnight oil To study late into the night • • • Main Entry: ↑burn burn the midnight oil see under ↑burn1 • • • Main Entry: ↑midnight * * * burn the midnight oil … Useful english dictionary
burn the midnight oil — If you stay up very late working or studying, you burn the midnight oil. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A person who burns the midnight oil stays up very late at night in order to finish a piece of work. Tony is working hard for… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
burn the midnight oil — work or study very late at night To become a doctor, you have to burn the midnight oil … English idioms
burn the midnight oil — Late night truckers burn the midnight oil … English expressions
Burn the midnight oil — If you stay up very late working or studying, you burn the midnight oil … Dictionary of English idioms
burn the midnight oil — verb To work studiously, especially late into the night. He was burning the midnight oil all night to finish his paper. Syn: elucubrate, pull an all nighter … Wiktionary
