To burn the candle at both ends
Definition: to get little sleep or rest because of working too hard
一根蠟燭兩頭點(diǎn)，肯定很快就會(huì)用完，這個(gè)慣用語(yǔ)是說(shuō)拼命工作，很少休息，過(guò)分消耗體力,常常用于進(jìn)行時(shí)。相信很多人在考試前都有蠟燭兩頭點(diǎn)的經(jīng)歷吧，e.g. Lucy had been burning the candle at both ends studying for her exams and made herself ill. 在工作中也不乏關(guān)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. 顯然過(guò)分消耗體力并不是健康的生活方式，大家工作的時(shí)候，一定要?jiǎng)谝萁Y(jié)合啊，否則如例句說(shuō)的，你也會(huì)受不了的。
Example dialog:
A: Are you still working day and night?
你是不是還在沒(méi)命沒(méi)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?，F(xiàn)在我白天工作九個(gè)小時(shí)，幾乎每晚都睡的很好，再不過(guò)分消耗了。
Definition: to get little sleep or rest because of working too hard
一根蠟燭兩頭點(diǎn)，肯定很快就會(huì)用完，這個(gè)慣用語(yǔ)是說(shuō)拼命工作，很少休息，過(guò)分消耗體力,常常用于進(jìn)行時(shí)。相信很多人在考試前都有蠟燭兩頭點(diǎn)的經(jīng)歷吧，e.g. Lucy had been burning the candle at both ends studying for her exams and made herself ill. 在工作中也不乏關(guān)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. 顯然過(guò)分消耗體力并不是健康的生活方式，大家工作的時(shí)候，一定要?jiǎng)谝萁Y(jié)合啊，否則如例句說(shuō)的，你也會(huì)受不了的。
Example dialog:
A: Are you still working day and night?
你是不是還在沒(méi)命沒(méi)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?，F(xiàn)在我白天工作九個(gè)小時(shí)，幾乎每晚都睡的很好，再不過(guò)分消耗了。