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Idioms and Figurative Language

Practice questions for Idioms and Figurative Language in the HESI A2 exam.

Question 3 of 5

What does the phrase "burning the midnight oil" mean in the sentence below? "The nursing students were burning the midnight oil before their final exam."

Studying late into the night

Wasting valuable resources

Struggling with difficult material

Using too much electricity

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