burn

burn your boats (or bridges) commit yourself irrevocably.

☞ In a military campaign, burning your boats or bridges would make escape or retreat impossible.

burn the candle at both ends

1 lavish energy or resources in more than one direction at the same time.

2 go to bed late and get up early.

burn your fingers: seefinger.

burn the midnight oil read or work late into the night.

burn rubber: seerubber.

crash and burn: seecrash.

go for the burn push your body to the extremes when practising a form of physical exercise. informal

☞ The burn referred to is the burning sensation caused in muscles by strenuous exertion.

have money to burn: seemoney.

money burns a hole in your pocket: seemoney.

someone's ears are burning: seeear.

slow burn a state of slowly mounting anger or annoyance. informal