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make both ends meet

See: MAKE ENDS MEET.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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make ends meet

[make ends meet] {v. phr.} To have enough money to pay one's bills; earn what it costs to live. * /Both husband and wife had to work to make ends […] A Dictionary of American Idioms, "Lady Madonna" lyrics video by "The Beatles"

end

[end] See: [AT LOOSE ENDS], [AT ONE'S WITS' END], [BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS], [GO OFF THE DEEP END], [HAIR STAND ON END], [HOLD ONE'S END UP] or [HOLD […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

meet

[meet] See: [MAKE ENDS MEET]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

loose ends

[loose ends] {n.} 1. Parts or things that should be finished or put together. * /Mary's composition had many loose ends./ * /When George came home after a long trip, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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