exhaust someone’s energies or resources by leading a hectic life
to engage in an activity, usually work related, from early morning until late at night
to work so hard that you don’t rest
to spend all of your energy on two pursuits at the same time
Since starting my new job I have been burning the candle at both ends.
Working and studying at the same time has led to me having to burn the candle at both ends.
She has been burning the candle at both ends by doing a full-time job and preparing for her International English Language Test exams.
My younger daughter is obsessed with becoming a painter, that is why she is burning the candle at both ends nowadays.
To finish this massive work, we must have to burn the candle at both ends.
There is no origin for this idiom
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