Meaning of BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

READ ALONG TO PRACTICE YOUR ENGLISH AND TO LEARN THE MEANING OF BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS: So when you burn the candle at both ends it means you’re working really, really hard and you’re working really, really fast. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends lately so I’m pretty tired and this is the last thing I need to do today. But I had a day full of all kinds of different jobs and I worked really hard, and I worked really fast. You know what a candle is right? It’s a tall wax thing with a wick in the