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
Golshan-Persian
AbrahamAY-brə-ham (English), AH-brah-hahm (Dutch)English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Biblical, Biblical Lati
Jankin-Medieval English
Dwi-Indonesian
Curt[kə:t]
SolomonSAHL-ə-mən (English)Biblical, English, Jewish