make ends meet

意思

to have just enough money to live on

錢剛夠維持生活.

例句

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

只有 make 變化形式。ends 保持複數，meet 保持原形。

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