make ends meet
idiomTo have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).
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all ends up
Completely; totally.
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burn the candle at both ends
To work hard night and day; to sleep late and wake up early; to overwork or overexert oneself.
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cannot make it
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
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doctors make the worst patients
It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.
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enough to make a cat laugh
Very outlandish or outrageous.
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enough to make the angels weep
Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.
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fine feathers make fine birds
Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.
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go to the ends of the earth
To do everything possible to achieve something.