Смысл: all-night

all-night[ʹɔ:lnaıt]
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<Í> 1) ночной; продолжающийся всю ночь (напролёт)
all-night pass - ночной пропуск
all-night sitting of Parliament - заседание парламента, продолжавшееся до утра
all-night vigil - а) ночное дежурство; б) ночное бдение
2) ночной; работающий или открытый всю ночь
all-night drugstore - дежурная аптека
all-night diner - ночная закусочная

night Идиома

burn the midnight oil

study/work all night or until very, very late at night.

day and night

continually We worked day and night to finish the project before the end of the month.

fly-by-night

bad, dishonest, not to be trusted He put his money in a fly-by-night company and lost it all.

morning after (the night before)

a hangover He

pull an all-nighter

study or work all night without getting any sleep.

all-nighter

1. a club night or event that goes on all night
2. someone who works all night

bommie night

bonfire night, see bonnie night. Possibly spelt bombie night from the use of fireworks [East Lancashire/Merseyside use]

bonnie night

Bonfire Night. An annual celebration of the foiling of an attempt to blow up The Houses of Parliament in 1605

small hours of the night

Idiom(s): small hours (of the night) AND wee hours (of the night)

Theme: TIME

the hours immediately after midnight.
• The dance went on into the small hours of the night.
• Jim goes to bed in the wee hours and gets up at lunchtime.

ships that pass in the night

Idiom(s): ships that pass in the night

Theme: ENCOUNTER

people who meet each other briefly by chance and who are unlikely to meet again.
• Mary wanted to see Jim again, but to him, they were ships that passed in the night.
• When you travel a lot on business, you meet many ships that pass in the night.

one-night stand

Idiom(s): one-night stand

Theme: TIME - DURATION

an activity lasting one night. (Informal. Often refers to a musical performance or to sexual activity.)
• Our band has played a lot of one-night stands.
• What we want is an engagement for a week, not just a one-night stand.

night owl

Idiom(s): night owl

Theme: PEOPLE

someone who usually stays up very late.
• Anne's a real night owl. She never goes to bed before 2 a.m. and sleeps till noon.
• Jack's a night owl and is at his best after midnight.

night on the town

Idiom(s): night on the town

Theme: CELEBRATION

a night of celebrating (at one or more places in a town).
• Did you enjoy your night on the town?
• After we got the contract signed, we celebrated with a night on the town.

morning after the night before

Idiom(s): morning after (the night before)

Theme: HANGOVER

the morning after a night spent drinking, when one has a hangover.
• Oh, I've got a headache. Talk about the morning after the night before!
• It looked like a case of the morning after the night before, and Frank asked for some aspirin.

make a night of

Idiom(s): make a night of doing sth

Theme: TIME - SPEND

to do something for the entire night.
• We partied until three in the morning and then decided to make a night of it.
• Once or twice in the early spring we make a night of fishing.

far into the night

Idiom(s): far into the night

Theme: LATENESS

late into the night; late.
• She sat up and read far into the night.
• The party went on far into the night.

different as night and day

Idiom(s): (as) different as night and day

Theme: DIFFERENCE

Completely different.
• Although Bobby and Billy are twins, they are as different as night and day.
• Birds and bats appear to be similar, but they are different as night and day.

call it a night

Idiom(s): call it a night

Theme: STOP

to end what one is doing at night and go [home] to bed.
• At midnight, I called it a night and went to bed.
• Guest after guest called it a night, and at last we were alone.

all night long

Idiom(s): all night long

Theme: ENDURANCE

throughout the whole night.
• I couldn't sleep all night long.
• John was sick all night long.

all hours of the day and night

Idiom(s): all hours (of the day and night)

Theme: TIME

very late in the night or very early in the morning.
• Why do you always stay out until all hours of the day and night?
• I like to stay out till all hours.

wee hours of the night

night and day

Idiom(s): day and night AND night and day

Theme: TIME

all the time; around the clock. (Reversible.)
• The nurse was with her day and night.
• The house is guarded night and day.

However long the night, the dawn will break

Bad things don't last forever.

Knight in shining armour

A knight in shining armour is someone who saves you when you are in great trouble or danger.

dance the night away

dance all night long: "Those two danced the night away."

burn the midnight oil|burn|midnight|midnight oil|o

v. phr. To study late at night. Exam time was near, and more and more pupils were burning the midnight oil.

call it a night|call|night

v. phr. To declare that an evening party or other activity conducted late in the day is finished. I am so tired that I am going to call it a night and go to bed.

day and night|day|night|night and day

adv. 1. For days without stopping; continually.
Synonym: AROUND THE CLOCK. Some filling stations on great highways are open day and night 365 days a year. The three men took turns driving the truck, and they drove night and day for three days. 2. Every day and every evening. The girl knitted day and night to finish the sweater before her mother's birthday.

fly-by-night|fly|night

fly-by-night¹ adj. Set up to make a lot of money in a hurry, then disappear so people can't find you to complain about poor work, etc.; not trustworthy; not reliable. Mrs. Blank bought her vacuum cleaner from a new company; when she tried to have it fixed, she found it was a fly-by-night business.
fly-by-night² n., informal 1. A company that sells many cheap things for a big profit and then disappears. A dependable company honors its guarantees, but a fly-by-night only wants your money. 2. A person who does not pay his bills, but sneaks away (as at night.) Hotels are bothered by fly-by-nights.

good night|good|goodnight|night

interj. 1. Used as a polite phrase when you leave someone at night. "Good night!" said Bob as he left Dick's house after the party. "I'll see you in the morning." Bill said good night to his parents and went upstairs to bed. 2. or good grief

Used to show surprise and often some fear or anger. Mr. Johnson's eyes opened wide when he saw the fish his little boy had caught, and said, "Good night!" Mother was angry and said to Mary, "Good grief! Haven't you started the dishes yet?"

make a night of it|make|make a night|night

v. phr., informal To spend the whole night at an activity. The dog found the door unlatched and made a night of it. The boys and girls at the dance made a night of it.
Compare: MAKE A DAY OF IT.

night letter|letter|night

n. A telegram sent at night at a cheaper rate and delivered in the morning. I waited until after six o'clock in the evening before sending the telegram home because I can say more for the same price in a night letter.

night life|life|night

n. phr. Entertainment at night. People in the city are able to find more night life than those who live in the country.

night owl|night|owl

n. phr. One who sleeps during the day and stays up or works during the night. Tom hardly ever sleeps at night; he prefers to work by lamp light and has become a regular night owl.
Compare: GRAVEYARD SHIFT.

nightcap

n. A good-night drink; a drink taken just before bedtime. Let's have a nightcap and then go to sleep. Would you like to come up to my place for a nightcap?

one-night stand|night|one-night|stand

n. phr. 1. A single performance given by a traveling company while on a tour. After they went bankrupt in the big cities, the traveling jazz quartet played one-night stands in the country. 2. A brief affair or sexual encounter. "With AIDS all around us?" said Jane. "Nobody is having one-night stands anymore."

overnight

adj. 1. From one evening until the next morning. We could drive from Chicago to Detroit in one day, but it would be more comfortable if we stayed overnight in a motel. 2. Rapidly. When Tom won the lottery he became a rich man overnight.

spend the night|night|spend

v. phr. To sleep somewhere. It was so late after the party that we decided to spend the night at our friends' house.

black as night

black as night
Also, black as coal or pitch. Totally black; also, very dark. For example, The well was black as night, or She had eyes that were black as coal. These similes have survived while others—black as ink, a raven, thunder, hell, the devil, my hat, the minister's coat, the ace of spades—are seldom if ever heard today. Of the current objects of comparison, pitch may be the oldest, so used in Homer's Iliad (c. 850 B.C.), and coal is mentioned in a Saxon manuscript from A.D. 1000. John Milton used black as night in Paradise Lost (1667).

good night

good night
1) Expression of farewell used when parting at night or when going to sleep, as in He stood at the door, saying good night to each of the departing guests, or Mother came to tuck the children in and kiss them good night. [Late 1300s]
2) Exclamation of surprise or irritation, as in Good night, Joe!—You can't mean what you said, or Good night, Anne—it's time you learned how to throw a ball. [Late 1800s]

knight in shining armor

knight in shining armor
A rescuer or defender, as in What this political party needs is a knight in shining armor to change its tarnished image. This metaphoric expression alludes to a medieval knight. [Mid-1900s]

make a night of it

make a night of it
see under make a day of it.

midnight

midnight
1.
burn the midnight oil
to study or work very late at night
2.
burn the midnight oil
to study or work very late at night

midnight oil

midnight oil
see burn the midnight oil.

night

night
In addition to the idioms beginning with night, also see black as night; call it a day; dead of; different as night and day; good night; make a day of it; ships that pass in the night.
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- night and day
- night owl