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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