Question

to burn the candle at both ends - You're asking for trouble if you go on burning the candle at both ends like this.  - Doesn't he realize he's a bit too old to be burning the candle at both ends?  - Even though I was in really good shape until two years before I got sick, I was burning the candle at both end. I ate the wrong things and I wore myself out.

Accepted Answer

to work and play very hard so that you are in danger of becoming ill

Idiom	to burn the candle at both ends
Definition	to work and play very hard so that you are in danger of becoming ill
Examples	- You're asking for trouble if you go on burning the candle at both ends like this. - Doesn't he realize he's a bit too old to be burning the candle at both ends? - Even though I was in really good shape until two years before I got sick, I was burning the candle at both end. I ate the wrong things and I wore myself out.

I Candle Burning Ends Burn Work Play Hard