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What (who) is burn the midnight oil - definition

1972 STUDIO ALBUM BY PORTER WAGONER AND DOLLY PARTON
The Right Combination/Burning The Midnight Oil; The Right Combination/Burning the Midnight Oil; The Right Combination: Burning the Midnight Oil

burn the midnight oil      
burn the midnight oil      
work late into the night.
midnight oil         
  • Martin Rotsey, Midnight Oil guitarist, at the Souths Leagues Club in Brisbane, 2007
  • Midnight Oil at Manly Leagues Club, 2005
AUSTRALIAN BAND
The Power & The Passion; Power And The Passion (tribute album); Midnight oil; Power and the Passion (tribute album); Midnight Oil (band); The Power & The Passion ... a tribute to Midnight Oil; The Oils; The Power & The Passion... a tribute to Midnight Oil
n. (colloq.) to burn the midnight oil ('to work or study late at night')

Wikipedia

The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil

The Right Combination • Burning the Midnight Oil is the seventh collaborative studio album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. It was released on January 3, 1972, by RCA Victor.

The album was made available as a digital download on January 4, 2019.

Examples of use of burn the midnight oil
1. For those willing to burn the midnight oil, the best prices seem to be at a supermarket.
2. While forewarned is forearmed, to really save money, you have to burn the midnight oil studying the discounts of the day or week and avoid products offered at a delicious discount that you don‘t actually need, Lidor counsels.
3. Defence is a huge job and we want somebody in it who will burn the midnight oil." Mr Hill is expected to be appointed Australia‘s next ambassador to the United Nations.
4. Employers will also have to pay them an extra–high rate for overtime above 30 hours, in an attempt to make their companies think twice about asking their workers to burn the midnight oil.
5. The famed India batting line–up has come a cropper much too often and captain Rahul Dravid and coach Greg Chappell, both of whom are under enormous pressure, will literally burn the midnight oil to come up with a solution to deal with the battery of South African pacemen.