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burn the candle at both ends

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Inglés		Español
burn the candle at both ends v expr	figurative (work too hard, exhaust yourself)	trabajar sin descanso loc verb
		trabajar toda la noche loc verb
	With his job and his studies, Jon has been burning the candle at both ends.

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