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To work extremely or excessively hard; to work too hard for good health or peace of mind.
She has been burning her candle at both ends lately, trying to put it together on time.
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burn the candle at both ends — {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
burn the candle at both ends — {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
burn the candle at both ends — phrasal : to be unreasonably prodigal with one s material or physical resources * * * burn the candle at both ends see under ↑candle • • • Main Entry: ↑burn burn the candle at both ends To exhaust oneself by attempting to do too much, usu by… … Useful english dictionary
burn the candle at both ends — phrasal to use one s resources or energies to excess … New Collegiate Dictionary
burn the candle at both ends — idi to use up one s strength or energy by immoderation … From formal English to slang
burn — burn1 burnable, adj. /berrn/, v., burned or burnt, burning, n. v.i. 1. to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate. 2. (of a fireplace,… … Universalium
burn — Ⅰ. burn [1] ► VERB (past and past part. burned or chiefly Brit. burnt) 1) (of a fire) flame or glow while consuming a fuel. 2) be or cause to be harmed or destroyed by fire. 3) use (a fuel) as a source of heat or energy. 4) (of the skin) beco … English terms dictionary
candle — or candela or new candle or international candle [kan′dəl] n. [ME & OE candel < L candela, a light, torch < candere: see CANDESCENT] 1. a cylindrical mass of tallow or wax with a wick through its center, which gives light when burned 2.… … English World dictionary
burn — burn1 W3S2 [bə:n US bə:rn] v past tense and past participle burnt [bə:nt US bə:rnt] or burned ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce flames and heat)¦ 2¦(destroy something with fire)¦ 3¦(injure/kill somebody with fire)¦ 4¦(sun)¦ 5¦(food)¦ 6¦(chemicals)¦ 7¦(fuel)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
burn — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] ♦♦ burns, burning, burned, burnt (The past tense and past participle is burned in American English, and burned or burnt in British English.) 1) VERB If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame… … English dictionary
