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make ends meet

idiom

To 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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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all ends up

    Completely; totally.

  2. 02

    burn the candle at both ends

    To work hard night and day; to sleep late and wake up early; to overwork or overexert oneself.

  3. 03

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  4. 04

    doctors make the worst patients

    It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

  5. 05

    enough to make a cat laugh

    Very outlandish or outrageous.

  6. 06

    enough to make the angels weep

    Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.

  7. 07

    fine feathers make fine birds

    Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.

  8. 08

    go to the ends of the earth

    To do everything possible to achieve something.

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