Burn The Candle At Both Ends Definition
verb
To work hard night and day .
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To waste something in two directions at once .
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Origin of Burn The Candle At Both Ends
From Edna St. Vincent Millay 's 1918 collection Figs from Thistles, the first of which begins: "My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night;"
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