{"id":23502,"date":"2022-09-16T18:01:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T16:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=23502"},"modified":"2022-09-29T07:37:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T05:37:08","slug":"burn-the-candle-at-both-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/09\/burn-the-candle-at-both-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Burn the Candle at Both Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are times when we have to do more than what our body and mind can handle. It could be working long hours everyday in order to pay the bills or to stay up late every night to study so that we pass an exam. Whatever our reason may be, this is not a good practice and doing so will eventually affect our health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video and listen to what Randall has to share about an idiom that describes this attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"English Idiom - &quot;Burn the Candle at Both Ends&quot;\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSVaNH9XP0M?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does burn the candle at both ends mean? Have you burned the candle at both ends before? What happened?<\/li><li>What was the most exhausting moment of your life?<\/li><li>What are some reasons people burn the candle at both ends?<\/li><li>Can someone be so stressed out without having to burn the candle at both ends? How?<\/li><li>How do you manage mental and\/or physical exhaustion?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1 &#8211; Intermediate There are times when we have to do more than what our body and mind can handle. It could be working long hours everyday in order to pay the bills or to stay up late every night to study so that we pass an exam. 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