One Idiom One Day: Night owl
Every time the exams started, I would become a night owl.
a person who habitually stays up late at night and who prefers to be active during the night
The reference to being awake at night comes from the characteristics of the Owl. The first know literary use of the phrase was in the year 1581 in ‘Against Jerome Osorius’ by Bell and Foxe although it seems that the term ‘Owl’ was use literally. The figurative use of the phrase, the way it is used now, was not too far later. It was used in 1594 by Shakespeare in his work ‘The Rape of Lucrece’.
E.g., In order to earn their bread so many people now have to turn into night owls. The customer service industry thrives on 24*7 availability of people.
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