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Burn the midnight oil

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Image of someone writing at night next to an oil lamp
The phrase burn the midnight oil means to work late into the night. It comes from a time when oil lamps were used for light.

People use this idiom to describe studying or working long hours to finish something important.

She burned the midnight oil to finish the report.

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