Wear (oneself) to a shadow phrase
If you wear (oneself) to a shadow, you work so hard at something that you become extremely tired and worried.
What! You only sleep two hours a night? Bro, you are wearing yourself to a shadow.
I wore myself to a shadow trying to complete this project in only one night.
She's worn herself to a shadow attempting to cut that tree down to make a boat to get out of this island.
To use up all one's energy to do something; to exhaust one's chances
To exhaust one by making them walk very fast or very far
To wear oneself/somebody out through a lot of hard work or effort.
The verb "wear" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
Used to imply a sexually promiscuous woman
Many people call her a glutz.