burn the candle at both ends meaning in Hindi

burn the candle at both ends in SSC previous-year questions

1. SSC Steno 2026 T-1 Idioms & Phrases

   Choose the alternative which gives the correct meaning of the given idiom or phrase.
   Burn the candle at both ends

   ATo light two candles at once to save timeBTo live a life of extreme luxury and wasteCTo balance two different jobs successfullyDTo exhaust oneself by working excessively
   Answer & explanation

   Answer: D) To exhaust oneself by working excessively

   Meaning: burn the candle at both ends = to wear oneself out by working or living far too hard, going to bed late and rising early *(दिन-रात खटकर स्वयं को थका डालना)*.
   A candle lit at both ends is eaten away twice as fast — that is the picture of the person.
   Origin.
   The phrase came into English from the French *brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts*.
   It first described squandering money and only later came to mean burning up one's own strength.
   Why the others are wrong.
   • to light two candles at once to save time *(समय बचाने के लिए एक साथ दो मोमबत्तियाँ जलाना)* — the literal reading of the words; an idiom never means its own picture.
   • to live a life of extreme luxury and waste *(विलासिता और

burn the candle at both ends – questions

Has burn the candle at both ends been asked in SSC exams?

Yes – burn the candle at both ends has been asked in SSC exams: SSC Steno 2026 T-1.

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