
What Does “burn the midnight oil” mean?
Definition:
Work hard, especially late into the night.
Example(s)
She was burning the midnight oil preparing for her daughter’s wedding when she had a heart attack.
This idiom is in the work category.

Work hard, especially late into the night.
She was burning the midnight oil preparing for her daughter’s wedding when she had a heart attack.
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