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Related to burned the candle at both ends: burning the midnight oil, can't hold a candle

1. In printing, the time at which an image is put on a plate.

2. In film, a ghost of an image that remains after the image has disappeared.

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"We really burned the candle at both ends for a long time but we've got higher priorities nowadays."

I burned the candle at both ends but haven't had a drop for six months

So you've burned the candle at both ends over New Year and now your body's paying the price?

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