burn the midnight oil
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B1 中級
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)燃燒午夜的燈油
If you want to pass the exam, you'll have to burn the midnight oil.
idiom慣用語；成語開夜車
He had to burn the midnight oil to finish the project on time.
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- Don't give away my secrets easily! Sometimes I do, depends on the mood. Number nine, to burn the midnight oil. To burn the midnight oil. I love this one, I think I love anything to do with midnight because it reminds me of Cinderella, you know when the clock strikes midnight and her carriage turns back into a pumpkin? Anything to do with midnight is kind of an exciting time, it's quite mysterious, and I love the word midnight. So to burn the midnight oil is to work into the night, not going to sleep early, maybe you have a project at work that you have to finish and you burn the midnight oil by staying up late to finish the project. It doesn't have to be working, it could be reading. The other week I burnt the midnight oil, I stayed up till four in the morning reading.
不要輕易洩露我的祕密！有時候會，看心情第九條 午夜狂歡燃燒午夜油。我喜歡這個，我想我喜歡任何與午夜有關的東西，因為它讓我想起了灰姑娘，你知道午夜鐘聲敲響的時候，她的馬車會變回南瓜嗎？任何與午夜有關的事情都是令人興奮的時刻，它相當神祕，我喜歡午夜這個詞。是以，"燃燒午夜油 "就是工作到深夜，而不是早早入睡，也許你在工作中有一個必須完成的項目，你通過熬夜來燃燒午夜油，完成這個項目。不一定是工作，也可以是閱讀。前一週，我熬夜看書到凌晨四點。
