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
Tilda	['tildə]
Mamadou	-	Western African
Gedeon	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
ŁUkasz	WUW-kahsh	Polish
Diarmait	-	Irish, Irish Mythology
Pelageya	pye-lah-GYE-yah, pee-lah-GYE-yah	Russian