idiom
burn the midnight oil
BERN the MID-nyt OYL
bɜːrn ðə ˈmɪdnaɪt ɔɪlListen
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Syllable breakdown
burnthemidnightoil
Dictionary meaning
work late into the night; stay up past midnight working or studying hard; from the days of oil lamps, before electric lighting
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