世博习惯用语【27】To burn the candle at both ends 过分消耗

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To burn the candle at both ends

Definition: to get little sleep or rest because of working too hard

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一根蜡烛两头点，肯定很快就会用完，这个惯用语是说拼命工作，很少休息，过分消耗体力,常常用于进行时。相信很多人在考试前都有蜡烛两头点的经历吧，e.g. Lucy had been burning the candle at both ends studying for her exams and made herself ill. 在工作中也不乏关于此的例句，Ever since this new project started I have been burning the candle at both ends. I can't take much more of it. 显然过分消耗体力并不是健康的生活方式，大家工作的时候，一定要劳逸结合啊，否则如例句说的，你也会受不了的。

Example dialog:

A: Are you still working day and night?
你是不是还在没命没夜的工作？

B：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.
不了。现在我白天工作九个小时，几乎每晚都睡的很好，再不过分消耗了。