Make ends meet
Meaning: to make sufficient money to survive.
Making ends meet simple means earning enough money to survive.
If your total monthly expenses are $2000 and your salary is $1800, you will struggle to make ends meet.
Imagine, you have a friend named John. He lost his job couple of months ago and he is struggling to pay the bills and buy food.
You can say, “John is struggling to make ends meet.”
More examples:
- Peter has a big family. To make ends meet, he picked up a second job delivering pizzas.
- In a city like New York, you have to work two jobs just to make ends meet.
- Many people are struggling to make ends meet because of low wages and high inflation.
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