burn the candle at both ends
- burn the candle at both ends
burn the candle at both ends
Fig. to work very hard and stay up very late at night. (One end of the candle is work done in the daylight, and the other end is work done at night.) •
No wonder Mary is ill. She has been burning the candle at both ends for a long time.
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You'll wear out if you keep burning the candle at both ends.
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{v. phr.} To work or play too hard without enough rest; get too tired. * /He worked hard every day as a lawyer and went to parties and dances every night; he was burning the candle at both ends./
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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