burning the candle at both ends

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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

But it’s two weeks of burning the candle at both ends.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

None of the family knew that she sat up working so late, or probably Father would have forbidden it, for it was certainly burning the candle at both ends.

From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Davis, Stanley