overdrive

suractivité, surrégime

État dans lequel une personne ou une chose fonctionne beaucoup plus intensément ou rapidement que d’habitude.

En anglais simple : A state in which someone or something works much harder or faster than usual.

• My brain is in overdrive.
• The campaign went into overdrive before the election.
• Production kicked into overdrive as orders increased.

Comment l'utiliser : go into overdrive (Her imagination went into overdrive after the strange phone call.)

Expressions courantes : go into overdrive, in overdrive, kick into overdrive

surmener, se surmener

Faire travailler quelqu’un, ou travailler soi-même, au point de s’épuiser.

En anglais simple : To make yourself or someone else work so hard that they become extremely tired.

• Don't overdrive yourself at work.
• She overdrove herself until she became ill.
• The manager was accused of overdriving the workers.

Synonymes : overwork, exhaust

Expressions courantes : overdrive yourself, overdrive the workers