Burn The Candle At Both Ends Definition

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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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