make ends meet

意味

to have just enough money to live on

ぎりぎりの収入でどうにか暮らす.

例文

1. 1After paying rent and buying food, we barely made ends meet.
2. 2Can a family make ends meet on a single part-time salary?
3. 3Even with two jobs, I struggle to make ends meet; rent and groceries swallow my wages.
4. 4The pension just covers her bills; she makes ends meet by growing her own vegetables.
5. 5We made ends meet last winter, but there was nothing left for treats.

文法

形が変わるのは make だけ。ends は複数形、meet は原形のまま。

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