Burn the midnight oil means working late into the night, particularly for studying. The idiom originates from pre-electricity times when people were lit by gas lamps.
Burn the midnight oil
Working late into the night. It refers primarily to studying.
The idiom originates from pre-electricity times, when lighting came from gas lamps.
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