brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts
/bʁy.le la ʃɑ̃.dɛl paʁ le dø bu/FRANSIZCA → TR
Tanım
•to burn the candle at both ends (to do things in excess, to engage in too much work or too much pleasure (including spending money), or both)
Diğer Dillerde
İspanyolcaquemar la vela por los dos cabos
Rusçaгоре́ть на рабо́те, рабо́тать на изно́с
Arapçaحرق الشمعة من كلتا طرفيها
Portekizcedar um duro danado, matar-se de trabalhar
İsveççebränna sitt ljus i båda ändar
Lehçepracować od świtu do nocy
to burn the candle at both ends
to burn the candle at both ends (to work hard night and day)
köken: két (“two”) + vég (“end”) + -e (possessive suffix) + -n (“on”) + éget (“to burn”) + -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + gyertya (“candle”) + -t (accusative suffix), literally “to burn the candle on both ends”