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
Violet	VIE-lət, VIE-ə-lət	English
Hideyoshi	hee-de-yo-shee	Japanese
Marla	MAHR-lə	English
Mika (2)	mee-kah	Japanese
Pihla	-	Finnish
Opeyemi	-	Western African, Yoruba