Health
run on empty
continue with almost no energy
If you are running on empty, you continue doing things even though you have almost no energy left.
Hear it in real life
Can you stay late tonight?
I can't; I'm already running on empty.
I have been running on empty since we moved house.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I'm running out empty.
Say: I'm running on empty.
Use the fixed phrase "run on empty" for continuing with almost no energy; "run out" has a different meaning.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be running on empty; have been running on empty
Your turn: say it out loud
I have been running on empty since we moved house.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
run on empty
continue with almost no energy
“I have been running on empty since we moved house.”
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