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　　To burn the candle at both ends

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

　　【世博精解】

　　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。