英語口語1+1:Burning the candle at both ends

【1+1英文】

Angela: "Are you still working day and night?"

Andy: "Not anymore. Now I work nine hours a day, and I get a good sleep almost every night. No more burning the candle at both ends."

【1+1中文】

安吉拉：你還是夜以繼日的工作嗎？

安 迪：不了?，F在我么天工作9個小時，所以每天晚上都睡個好覺，不再過分耗費精力了！

【1+1解析】

Your energy is burning down, and you are growing more and more tired, when you are burning the candle at both ends.

中文意思：過分耗費精力。