burning the midnight oil


to burn the midnight oil implies working overtime or working over normal capacity.
“looks like we’re going to have to pull an all-nighter today. we’re going to be burning the midnight oil.”
to do hard drugs(cocaine, heroin meth, etc)
dustin burning the midnight oil.

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