English Dictionary

make ends meet

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).

日本語の意味

生活費をやりくりする、収支を合わせる / 必要な経費や給料までの費用をなんとか賄う

After losing his second job, Tom had to work overtime every week just to make ends meet.

二つ目の仕事を失ってから、トムは生活費をやりくりするために毎週残業しなければならなかった。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).

... a schoolmaster, whose income being small, he was fain to keep a glass of good liquor for the entertainment of passengers, by which he made shift to make the two ends of the year meet.

makes ends meet （ present singular third-person ）

making ends meet （ participle present ）

made ends meet （ participle past ）

made ends meet （ past ）