burn the candle at both ends

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To work hard night and day; to sleep late and wake up early; to overwork or overexert oneself. idiomatic
    — Von Gerhard's face was unsmiling. “So,” he said, slowly. “You burn the candle at both ends. All day you write, is it not so? And at night you come home to write still more? Ach, Kindchen!—Na, we shall change all that. […]
  2. To waste or expend resources twice over; to be doubly profligate. dated,idiomatic
    — The dividends […] were divided from capital and not from profit—for, in truth, the concern never earned a penny in the sense in which the term profit is commonly employed. […] The pipe-making concern burned the candle at both ends, and burned it steadily; […]

词形变化

burns the candle at both ends present,singular,third-person burning the candle at both ends participle,present burned the candle at both ends participle,past burned the candle at both ends past burnt the candle at both ends participle,past burnt the candle at both ends past burn one's candle at both ends alternative

词汇关系

相关词
burn the midnight oil not worth the candle the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long

词源

Calque of French brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts. First attested in the 18th century, originally in the sense “to be doubly profligate”.
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