run one ragged



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]
See also: one, ragged, run

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HerthaHER-tahGerman
LÉOnne-French
Mirembe-Eastern African, Ganda
Florencioflo-REN-thyo (Spanish), flo-REN-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Bertalan-Hungarian
English['iŋgliʃ]