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Today's Idiom = "Burning The Candle At Both Ends"






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Burning The Candle At Both Ends ( working for many hours without getting enough rest ... )

"Burning The Candle At Both Ends"



You are burning the candle at both ends when you are working long hours without resting.

Example: "Would you like to go to a party tonight?" Reply: "I can't. I'm way too tired. I've been burning the candle at both ends all week."



Your energy is burning down, and you are growing more and more tired, when you are burning the candle at both ends.

Example: "Are you still working day and night?" Reply "Not anymore. Now I work nine hours a day, and I get a good sleep almost every night. No more burning the candle at both ends."



Burning the candle at both ends is not a healthy life because you are working from early to late and not getting enough rest.

Example: "Ever since this new project started I have been burning the candle at both ends. I can't take much more of it."





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