You can have an enjoyable vacation without 'taxing' your budget. [=without having to spend a lot of money]
That job really 'taxed' our strength. [=required us to use a lot of physical effort]
All this waiting is 'taxing' my patience. [=is making me lose my patience]
(..) how rich you get, shit goes wrong. You can't insulate yourself from it. I used to think it was death and taxes you couldn't avoid, but it's actually death and shit. It's like these power cuts. You would not believe how much I spent on the generator system, (..)2014 Ex Machina