Let’s see, if we understand the peculiar meaning of idiom! : Let’s see, if we understand the peculiar meaning of idiom!
Idioms : Idioms language which do not make sense, Idioms are phrases, which people use in everyday literally, but we understand what they mean !
An idiom is an expression that has a meaning apart from the meanings of its individual words. : An idiom is an expression that has a meaning apart from the meanings of its individual words. Burn the candle at both ends
Meaning:
Spend beyond limits
example:
If you burn the candle at both ends like this, you will soon land up in the hospital.
Burn the candle at both ends : Burn the candle at both ends Description
The phrase originates from a short poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which reads:I burn my candle at both ends, It will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends, It gives a lovely light.
Burn the candle at both ends : Burn the candle at both ends Basically, its meaning is that if you burn a
candle at both ends, though the light it
gives will be brighter, it also won't last as long.
So if you are to say to someone that he burns
his candle at both ends, you would mean
that he is perhaps doing too much at once,
not getting enough sleep, or living wildly and destructively.
Thank you! : Thank you!