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"To make ends meet"
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To make ends meet means "to pay for the things that you need to live when you have little money."
This is a good example of an idiom that is often used in English but that is not transparent in meaning.
Here are some examples of how this phrase is used:
We had a hard time making ends meet.
I had to work extra hours just to make ends meet.
She can no longer make ends meet. [=she can no longer earn enough money for food, rent, etc.]
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