| 单词 | burn the candle at both ends |
| 释义 | burn the candle at both ends in British English candle (sense 3) See full dictionary entry for burnburn the candle at both ends in British Englishto exhaust oneself, esp by being up late and getting up early to work burn the candle at both ends in American English to work or, esp., play too much so that one's energy is dissipated burn the candle at both endsto try to do too much, by regularly going to bed very late and getting up early in the morning Most people need six or seven hours each night and you're burning the candle at bothends if you regularly sleep for less than five. |
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