Идиомы

Make ends meet

Make ends meet – сводить концы с концами

Definition: to survive with a tight budget

Example

I've been working hard for the last few months trying to make ends meet, but something I'm not even expecting always comes up and I have to pay for it.

 

 

History of the idiom:

The metaphor was originally to do with wearing a shorter (tighter) belt because you have been frugal, and are eating less, your belt would more easily fasten.
 

Ends: the last time or period of event, activity or story

Fugal: simple and plain and costing little

31 августа 2011 г.

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