I have seen in many movies and dramas that when people are taking dinner etc in some good hotel there is a lighted candle in the centre of the table, although it is no candle dinner because the room is bright. Is it some culture? Why do they keep a candle? Very curious to know!
Could you help me please?
By the way, in Russian it (“dinner by candlelight”, I mean) is
called “dinner with candles”
(‘candles’ in plural, even in the case when you actually use (and burn :)) the only candle :))
Even though sometimes I actually do it :), I don’t know a Russian idiom that would be the exact equivalent in meaning to the saying “to burn the candle at both ends”.
Maybe Pamela can give some ideas.
(The Russian saying that looks similar - “the stick with two ends” - actually has the meaning “double-edged weapon”, with one end to yourself :), or something like that. )