empty tank
Reservoir without contents
An empty tank is one with nothing left in it—whether a fuel tank, water tank, or storage container.
Figuratively, to be running on empty or have an empty tank means you're exhausted, depleted of energy or motivation: I've been working twelve-hour days and my tank is completely empty.
Athletes and workers speak of having nothing left to give.
- fuelEnergy source material
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- reserveSupply kept back
- drainedEmptied of resources
- gasolineRefined petroleum vehicle fuel
filler · hollow · depleted · running on fumes · stranded · low · diesel · fuel gauge · aquarium · fishless · refill · bone dry · warning light · check engine · gas station · pit stop · thirsty · reservoir
- exhaustionexhaustion, burn out, drained, spent, tired
- fuel problemsfuel leak, fuel pump failure, clogged filter, wrong fuel, low fuel
- car troublesflat tire, dead battery, breakdown, overheating, stalling
- Common Mistakesprocrastination, forgetting, oversight, miscalculation, rushing
- energy depletionfatigue, exhaustion, tiredness, burnout, weariness
- maxed outtapped out, topped out, maximal, at capacity, pushed to the limit
RESOURCE STATE (metaphorical)
empty tankfully charged
topped off · well-rested · energized · full of energy · recharged
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