I work the graveyard shift

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• (the) graveyard shift — a period of time late at night, when people have to work, often in hospitals or factories. I m working the graveyard shift this week …   New idioms dictionary

• graveyard shift — n. the night shift of work in a factory, usually starting at about midnight. (See also swing shift.) □ I’d prefer not to work the graveyard shift. □ The pay is pretty good on the graveyard shift …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• graveyard shift — {n. phr.} The work period lasting from sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by artificial light. * / Why are you always so sleepy in class? Professor Brown asked Sam. Because I have to work the graveyard shift beside going to… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• graveyard shift — {n. phr.} The work period lasting from sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by artificial light. * / Why are you always so sleepy in class? Professor Brown asked Sam. Because I have to work the graveyard shift beside going to… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• graveyard\ shift — n. phr. the work period lasting from sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by artificial light. Why are you always so sleepy in class? Professor Brown asked Sam. Because I have to work the graveyard shift beside going to school,… …   Словарь американских идиом

• Graveyard shift — means a shift of work running through the early hours of the morning, especially one from midnight until 8 am. There is no certainty as to the origin of this phrase; according to Michael Quinion it is little more than an evocative term for the… …   Wikipedia

• graveyard shift — ➔ shift1 * * * graveyard shift UK US noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE ► a period of working time that is late at night or in the early hours of the morning: work (on) the graveyard shift »He paid for his studies by working the graveyard shift as a hospital …   Financial and business terms

• graveyard shift — If you have to work very late at night, it is the graveyard shift …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• graveyard shift — graveyard shifts N COUNT: usu the N If someone works the graveyard shift, they work during the night. [mainly AM] …   English dictionary

• graveyard shift —    If you have to work very late at night, it is the graveyard shift.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Graveyard shift —   If you have to work very late at night, it is the graveyard shift …   Dictionary of English idioms