Star Trek: The Next Generation1987
Rating: TV-PG
Runtime: 44 minutes
O'Brien:
We have to realign the entire power grid. We'll all be burning the midnight oil on this one.
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
[passing] That would be inadvisable.
O'Brien:
Excuse me?
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
If you attempt to ignite a petroleum product on this ship at 0000 hours, you will activate the fire suppression system, which would seal off this entire compartment.
O'Brien:
That was just an expression.
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
Expression of what?
O'Brien:
A figure of speech. I was trying to tell him that we'd be working late.
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
Ah. Then 'to burn the midnight oil' implies late work?
O'Brien:
Yeah, that's right.
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
Hm. I am curious. What is the etymology of that idiom?
O'Brien:
Hm?
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
How did it come to be used in contemporary language?
O'Brien:
I-I don't know, sir.
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