“Burning the midnight rubber”
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“Burning the midnight oil”
“Burning rubber”



Comments:
Very nice, but this one strikes me as a classic conversation starter in the workshop: i.e. is this really congruent? I'm open to hearing the case for it, but it doesn't seem so to me.
David Cecchetto, 10/1/09
Beautiful. I've got to do more site maintenance and get some of these posts on the official list.
William, 10/1/09
I think this would actually be legit to describe someone putting a lot of time into something, but working quickly + sloppily to get it done.
Eric Ward, 10/1/09



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