burning the midnight oil .

"burning the midnight oil" means to work/study late into the night.

BUT WHERE IN THE WORLD DID THIS SAYING COME FROM .

WELL MY CHILDRENS . in the olden times of hidden ankles and corsets, there was no electricity, apart from the sunshine in the day time , and a bit of moonlight, their only other forms of light were from candles or oil lamps.

so, if you (like me) are staying up late to study because you have a science exam tomorrow and you forgot everything about the human body, and if you lived in the 1630's , .... except if you lived in the 1630's , you'd still think that the brain is grey . (because back then they wanted to learn more about the human body, but since they didn't have the expertise to cut open LIVING bodies, they cut up deceased ones, but because they were already dead the brains, no longer had blood, so they were grey. WHICH IS WHY YOUR BRAIN IS SOMETIMES CALLED GREY MATTER.)

but anyway, if you DID live in the 1630's , YOU my friend would be studying late by an oil lamp light . hence the saying , "burning midnight oil".

but thanks to thomas edison, we have lights powered by electricity and computers for midnight procrastination so we can write and waffle about pointless things , on a pointless blog that no one reads .

well then, GOODBYE SLEEP . hello to dark circles, eyebags to be and lots and lots of tea and coffee .

xxteaa