Make ends meet American spoken language informal verb phrase
In this pandemic season, I am struggling to make ends meet.
After she lost her job, her family barely managed to make ends meet.
Although I am poor, I still make ends meet.
To have no money
1.Someone viewed with contempt
2. Very bad
save as much money as possible
Used to say that someone attempts to get money from you.
The verb "make" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Most people believe that this idiom is a translation of a French phrase. Originally, this idiom was "Make both ends of the year meet", which meant to spend only as much money as you earned; "both ends" meaning the beginning and end of the year.
Used to allude that the last force, problem or burden which is seemingly minor and small causes a person, system or organisation to collapse or fail
Her husband's violent act last night was the straw that broke the donkey's back and she left him