to calculate a running total or add up over time

to gradually gather, collect, or build up something over a period of time

to accumulate

tired or worn out from physical or mental effort

occurring many times; repeated or accumulated in great numbers

to be a burden on or hold back someone else through dependency or hardship

To be dragged into or involved in a problematic or unfortunate situation on someone else's account.

to involve someone in a legal case, scandal, or negative situation

to spread to and negatively impact something or another part of the body

a person or thing that is a nuisance, an inconvenience, or ties someone down

tiresome; causing one to feel exhausted or weary

to accumulate over a long period of time

tired; exhausted

to break down or collapse physically or mentally from overwork or extreme fatigue

heavily laden with fruit or fertile (of trees)

deeply in debt

year in, year out; over a long period of time

progressive (taxation etc)

(of a piece of writing) excessively long, tedious, or repetitive

to work extremely hard; to toil or slave away; to be exhausted from overwork

a burden or encumbrance

a person who repeatedly commits crimes; a habitual criminal or repeat offender

Dresden, capital of Saxony, Germany

taxing (mentally or emotionally)

Dar es Salaam (former capital of Tanzania)

to involve or drag someone else into a troublesome or illegal situation

stretching over many years; for a long period of time

Malé, the capital of Maldives

year in, year out; for many years on end

many blood debts crying out for retribution; a long record of atrocities

(of a text) very lengthy

as dangerous as a pile of eggs; in an extremely unstable state ready to collapse at any moment

to get someone involved in one's trouble or misfortune

accumulator (computing)

year in, year out; over a long period of time; accumulated over many years

by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers or thousands upon thousands

month after month and year after year; occurring over a long period of time

to accumulate merit and virtue

the Murray-Darling river system in southeast Australia

covered in cuts and bruises; heavily scarred

I have troubled you (polite expression of gratitude for someone's effort)

A wealthy person does not expose himself to danger; an idiom suggesting that one who has much to lose should be cautious.

Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), Italian economist

A state of resource allocation in which it is impossible to make any one individual better off without making at least one individual worse off.

Pareto principle (the 80/20 rule)

emotionally exhausted; drained

codependency (psychology)