English-German translations for burn the midnight oil

• bis spät in die Nacht arbeiten
• die Nacht zum Tage machen

Definition of burn the midnight oil

• To work studiously, especially late into the night

Examples

• He was burning the midnight oil to finish his paper
• She was burning the midnight oil to finish her part of the project

Related words

• burn the candle at both ends
• burn the hay
• burn at the stake
• the burnt child dreads the fire
• the burning bush
• Saltburn-by-the-Sea
• Wedderburn's little theorem
• on the back burner
• a burnt child dreads the fire