overwork

o·ver·work  (vr-wûrk)

v. o·ver·worked, o·ver·work·ing, o·ver·works

v.tr.

1. To force to work too hard or too long.

2.

a. To rework to excess: overwork a speech.

b. To use too often: "'Vulnerable' and 'volatile' were the most overworked adjectives of the '70s" (David Ansen).

3. To decorate the entire surface of.

v.intr.

To work too long or too hard.

n. (vr-wûrk)

Excessive work.

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vb [ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk] (mainly tr)

1. (also intr) to work or cause to work too hard or too long

2. to use too much to overwork an excuse

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) to decorate the surface of

4. to work up

n [ˈəʊvəˌwɜːk]

excessive or excessively tiring work

overworked  adj

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burn the midnight oil To study or work late into the night; to lucubrate. In the days before electricity students and scholars who wished to read or study at night used oil lamps for light. The term midnight oil for late-night study was in use as early as 1635; the entire phrase appeared somewhat later.

keep one’s nose to the grindstone See PERSEVERANCE

a lot on one’s plate British slang for a lot to do, much to think or worry about.

moonlighting Working a job at night to supplement one’s daytime income. Although it was formerly used in Ireland and other countries to describe nighttime excursions of violence, the expression’s current figurative sense is of American origin. The term is now used frequently in the United States and Great Britain, always in reference to a second job.

Several attempts have been made to ban moonlighting on the ground that it robs the unemployed of jobs. (Economist, December, 1961)

salt mines One’s place of employment; any unnamed place, real or imaginary, that represents habitual punishment, confinement, isolation, or drudgery. This expression alludes to the salt mines of Siberia (U.S.S.R.) where political and other prisoners were sent to serve sentences at hard labor. Salt mines often appears in back to the salt mines, a jocular and somewhat derogatory reference to returning to work.

snowed under Overwhelmed; inundated, buried, or overburdened by work or other responsibilities. This expression alludes to the fact that while a single snowflake seems completely innocuous, a large amount of snow can be totally overpowering.

What he stood for (and he came to stand for more all the time) came under the lash of many tongues, until a frailer man than he would have been snowed under. (F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, 1920)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	overwork - the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork" overworking toil, labor, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
Verb	1.	overwork - use too much; "This play has been overworked" work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
	2.	overwork - work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students" exploit put to work, work - cause to work; "he is working his servants hard" overdrive - drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"

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verb

1. wear yourself out, burn the midnight oil, burn the candle at both ends, bite off more than you can chew, strain yourself, overstrain yourself, work your fingers to the bone, overtire yourself, drive yourself too far, overburden yourself, overload yourself, overtax yourself, practise presenteeism You've been overworking - you need a holiday.

2. exploit, exhaust, fatigue, weary, oppress, wear out, prostrate, overtax, drive into the ground, be a slave-driver or hard taskmaster to He overworks his staff.

Quotations
"overwork: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Translations

overwork [ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk]

A. N → agotamiento m por trabajo excesivo

B. VT [+ person] → hacer trabajar demasiado; [+ eye, part of body] → exigir un esfuerzo excesivo a; [+ word, concept] → desgastar(a base de utilizarlo en exceso)
"ecological" has become the most overworked adjective there is → "ecológico" se ha convertido en el adjetivo más desgastado or manido que hay

C. VI → trabajar demasiado

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overwork [ˌəʊvə^rˈwɜː^rk]

n → surmenage m

vt [+ person] → surmener

vi → se surmener

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overwork [ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk]

1. n → lavoro eccessivo

2. vi → lavorare troppo, strapazzarsi

3. vt (staff, servants) → far lavorare troppo

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n overwork [əuvəˈwəːk]

the act of working too hard It's overwork that made him ill. ekstra werk, te veel/swaar werk إرْهاق преумора nával práce overanstrengelse die Überarbeitung υπερβολική εργασία trabajo excesivo ületöötamine کار بیش از حد liikarasitus surmenage עֲבוֹדָה רַבָּה מִדַי अत्यधिक कार्य या परिश्रम prekomjeran rad túmunka; túlterhelés (munkával) bekerja terlalu keras of mikil vinna eccesso di lavoro 働き過ぎ 지나치게 일하다 persidirbimas pārstrādāties; pārpūlēties kerja terlalu kuat het te veel werken for hardt arbeid, overanstrengelse przepracowanie excesso de trabalho exte­nuare перегрузка, перенапряжение nával práce, príliš namáhavá práca pretirano delo prevelik rad för mycket arbete, överansträngning ทำงานมากไป aşırı çalışma 過度工作 понаднормова праця; перевантаження بہت زيادہ محنت کرنا sự làm việc quá sức 过度工作

adj overˈworked

made to work too hard His staff are overworked. oorwerk مُجْهَد، مُرهَق преуморен přepracovaný overanstrengt überarbeitet αναγκασμένος να δουλεύει σκληρά explotado ületöötanud بیش از حد کار کشیدن ylirasittunut surmené לַעֲבוֹד קָשֶה מִדַי अत्यधिक परिश्रमी, अत्यधिक मेहनती izmoren radom agyondolgoztatott dipekerjakan terlalu keras sem ofgerir sér/ofkeyrir sig sovraccarico di lavoro 働き過ぎの 과로한 per daug apkrautas darbu pārslodze; pārmērīgs darbs bekerja terlalu kuat overwerkt overarbeidet przepracowany sobrecarregado extenuat перегруженный (работой) prepracovaný preutrujen previše raditi utarbetad, överansträngd ซึ่งทำงานมากไป çok çalıştırılmış 工作過度的 перевантажений جس سے بہت زيادہ کام ليا جائے bị làm việc quá sức 工作过度的