make ends meet

뜻

to have just enough money to live on

겨우 먹고살 만큼의 돈이 있다.

예문

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.

문법

동사 make만 형태가 바뀐다. ends는 복수로, meet은 원형으로 둔다.

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