run one ragged

Exhaust one, as in I've run myself ragged with this project. This idiom alludes to working so hard that one's appearance is reduced to rags. [c. 1920]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nadejda	nah-DYEZH-dah (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Henley	['henli]
Ana	['ænə]
Aretha	ə-REETH-ə	English
Brooke	[bru:k]
Yuko	yoo-ko	Japanese