burn the candle at both ends
Example Sentences
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“I didn’t just burn the candle at both ends, I was also finding new ends to light.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2020
The NBA released its 2019-20 schedule Monday, and the big winners are East Coast fans who have been forced to burn the candle at both ends.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2019
As Mr Kalanick himself admits, he used to think you had to burn the candle at both ends to be the real deal as head of a Silicon Valley start-up.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2017
In a LinkedIn post last year, The Huffington Post president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington revealed that she’s often asked if young people pursuing their dreams should burn the candle at both ends?
From Time ● Jul. 24, 2015
They burn the candle at both ends; and when they break down they blame the books, not the balls.'
From Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
