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burning the midnight oil

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burning the midnight oil
working very long hours, often into the night What doctors do know is that burning the midnight oil is bad for your health.
Etymology: from the use of oil to provide light before the invention of electricity
See also: burning, midnight, oil


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Byline: PAUL MARTIN BARRY Geraghty certainly wasn't burning the midnight oil.
But 2Connect founder and managing director Fahad Al Shirawi has admitted they will be burning the midnight oil to meet the Sunday deadline to complete the massive amount of paperwork demanded by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).
 
 
 
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