Burn the midnight oil
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 13To work/read late into the night
दिन-रात एक करना
He burnt the midnight oil for five weeks and it showed.
To burn the midnight oil works once and not always.
Daily use: Midnight oil burn kar raha tha.
बिजली से पहले लोग तेल के दिये और लैंप जलाकर पढ़ते थे। जो देर रात तक पढ़ता या काम करता था, वह बहुत तेल जलाता था। Burn the midnight oil = देर रात तक पढ़ाई या काम करना।
Before electricity, people studied by the light of oil lamps. Whoever studied or worked late into the night burnt a lot of oil. So to burn the midnight oil is to work or read late into the night.
यह बहुत ज़्यादा पूछा गया idiom है: meaning 'to work/read late into the night'। Related adjective: diligent; opposite भाव: laze about।
One of the most asked idioms, with the meaning 'to work or read late into the night'. The related adjective is diligent; the opposite idea is 'laze about'.