burn the midnight oil

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toworkstudiously, especiallylateinto thenight.Synonym:elucubrateNear-synonym:pull an all-nighterHe wasburning the midnight oilto finish his paper.She wasburning the midnight oilto finish her part of the project.2013, Phil Cousineau,Burning the Midnight Oil: Illuminating Words for the Long Night's Journey Into Day‎[1], Simon and Schuster,→ISBN:You worked at whatever task you were engaged in — churning out steel nuts for the car companies or churning out essays in college — until you were done, even if you hadto burn the midnight oil. No excuses, no whining, no cheating.

Examples:

EN: You still burn the midnight oil? Tell me what you did at the park today.
ES: ¿Sigues trabajando hasta muy tarde?
EN: Always did burn the midnight oil but never over books.
ES: Ha pasado muchas noches en claro. Pero nunca a causa de los libros!
EN: I've had the impression for some time that someone's been dipping a hand into the till, so I decided to burn the midnight oil until I was quite sure.
ES: Alguien ha estado metiendo mano a la caja, por así decirlo. Prefiero indagar más hasta estar bien seguro.
EN: Tonight, the president and his top advisers will burn the midnight oil.
ES: Esta noche, el presidente y sus altos consejeros trabajarán toda la noche.
EN: "To burn the midnight oil" implies late work?
ES: ¿"Quemarse las pestañas" significa eso?
EN: So it's a tense night here, Alan, as staffers and press burn the midnight oil.
ES: Es una noche tensa, y funcionarios y periodistas aguardan en vela.
EN: And I, one of law and order's little people, will burn the midnight oil, doing the task, making the match that will lock that fucker up.
ES: Y yo, personaje menor del orden público me quedaré trabajando toda la noche para encerrar al desgraciado.
EN: And joe used to burn the midnight oil?
ES: ¿Y Joe solía quedarse por la noche?
EN: This one, I'm gonna burn the midnight oil.
ES: Tengo para rato aquí.
EN: I like to work late, burn the midnight oil.
ES: Me gusta trabajar hasta tarde, quemarme las pestañas.
EN: I use to burn the midnight oil listing...
ES: Pasaba la noche haciendo eso.
EN: I insist you go home and get some rest and I'll burn the midnight oil at the station.
ES: Yo digo que usted vaya a casa y descanse, y yo pasaré la noche en la estación.
EN: Well, if we both burn the midnight oil, I think you could see improvement sooner.
ES: Si nos aplicamos, creo que podría ver mejoras pronto.
EN: We don't all need to burn the midnight oil.
ES: No todos necesitamos quemar el aceite de medianoche.
EN: Probably going to burn the midnight oil myself, see what I can dig up on Tarone Vincent.
ES: Probablemente voy a quemar el aceite de medianoche yo mismo, veré qué puedo desenterrar sobre Tarone Vicente.

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