Burn the midnight oil!
Hi good morning!
I feel a bit under the weather this morning, I was burning the midnight oil last night till about 3:00am!
I was enjoying a great movie with my feet up but was forgetting the time and after the movie finished it was too late!
’To burn the midnight oil’ - to stay up late. 夜遅くまで起きている
- I was up burning the midnight oil last night working on my project. 昨日はプロジェクトを夜遅くまでやったよ。
- I have a test tomorrow so I’ll be burning the midnight oil tonight studying! 明日はテストだから今夜は徹夜で勉強しなくっちゃ。
Conversation:
A: Hi Ed you look tired! エド、疲れてるわね！
B Yes I was burning the midnight oil last night. うん、昨晩遅くてさ。
A: Why, what were you doing up so late? どうしたの？何してたのよ。
B: I was trying to finish my report, My deadline was today! 宿題の締め切りが今日でさ、頑張って終わらせたんだ。
Homework:
The next time you ‘burn the midnight oil’, take a pen and paper and write down a good sentence in English to describe why you are burning the midnight oil.
See you tomorrow!
