midnight oil


see burn the midnight oil.

Words Nearby midnight oil

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How to use midnight oil in a sentence

  • The days were all too short, and soon the midnight-oil began to burn.

    Poppy | Cynthia Stockley
  • August Niemann, the German novelist, devotes the forenoon to literary work, but never burns midnight-oil on his writing-desk.

    Methods of Authors | Hugo Erichsen
  • There are two varieties of college students—the midnight-oil and the natural-gas kind; and Petey was a whole gas well in himself.

    At Good Old Siwash | George Fitch