Meaning of BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So when you burn the candle at both ends it
means you're working really, really hard and
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you're working really, really fast.
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I've been burning the candle at both ends
lately so I'm pretty tired and this is the
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last thing I need to do today.
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But I had a day full of all kinds of different
jobs and I worked really hard, and I worked
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really fast.
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You know what a candle is right?
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It's a tall wax thing with a wick in the middle
and you light the top and it has a small flame.
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But if you lay a candle sideways you can light
both ends and the candle is twice as bright,
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but it burns out twice as quickly.
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People are the same if you burn the candle
at both ends at your job you're probably going
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to get tired a lot more quickly and you're
probably going to eventually burn out a little
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bit.
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So, burning the candle at both ends means
to work really, really hard.
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