"to make ends meet"
definition: if somebody finds it hard to make ends meet, they have problems living on the money they earn.
(vyjít s penězi, vystačit s příjmem)
example: I can hardly make ends meet on my salary.
definition: if somebody finds it hard to make ends meet, they have problems living on the money they earn.
(vyjít s penězi, vystačit s příjmem)
example: I can hardly make ends meet on my salary.
2 comments:
Interesting. Does "ends" refer to the ends of subsequent periods in which the salary is due?
From what I can find out....
The phrase dates from at least the seventeenth century, and finds its origins in bookkeeping: The end of the income column on a bookkeeper's ledger contains a figure, and for the books to balance this must match or exceed the corresponding figure at the bottom of the expenditure column.
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