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Make ends meet If you can’t make ends meet or you find it difficult to make ends meet, it means you don’t have enough money to buy food, clothes and other things you need. The original saying was “to make both ends meet at the end of the year”. This meant to only spend as much money each year as you earned. “My sister is at university. She’s got lots of studying to do, but she has to do a part-time job as well, or she can’t make ends meet.”

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What do you mean? Why does it mean this? Example

Metaphor	Make ends meet
Question Meaning	What do you mean?
Meaning	If you can’t make ends meet or you find it difficult to make ends meet, it means you don’t have enough money to buy food, clothes and other things you need.
Question Explanation	Why does it mean this?
Explanation	The original saying was “to make both ends meet at the end of the year”. This meant to only spend as much money each year as you earned.
Question Example	Example
Example	“My sister is at university. She’s got lots of studying to do, but she has to do a part-time job as well, or she can’t make ends meet.”

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