burning the candle at both ends
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It’s your job to manage both and make sure that you are not burning the candle at both ends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
And I think that’s true for a lot of cooks — or anyone burning the candle at both ends.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
Murray adds that he didn’t know how to say “no” in a healthy way and that he was burning the candle at both ends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
"I'd been burning the candle at both ends, looking back on it," says Megan McCann, 31, from west London.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2022
Moussorgsky was his name, and despite his impoverished circumstances, or probably because of them, he was burning the candle at both ends and in the middle.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker
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