Hello everybody, today we have a very important e cubed expression. It’s about money and the expression is (to) make ends meet. What does this mean? (To) make ends meet. Well, when we talk about ends, there’re two ends. One is the expenses. This means outgoing money. Outgoing money. Electricity bill. The movie tickets. Groceries. Gasoline.
groceries
n. 雜貨店; 食品，雜貨;( grocery的名詞複數 )
gasoline
英 [ˈgæsəli:n] 美 [ˈɡæsəˌlin, ˌɡæsəˈlin]
n. 汽油
Those are expenses, rent, outgoing money. And incoming money or income. Incoming and incoming money would be your salary or your allowance. Maybe you have some investments. Okay? So, hopefully, at least your incoming money equals your expenses. If this is true, you’re okay. It’s not good. Usually you want your income to be higher than your expenses. Correct? So some of you, maybe most of you, I don’t know, your income is higher than your expenses. Life is good, at least your financial life is good. But if your expenses are greater than your income. This is a disaster. This is not good. And in this situation we say I can not make ends meet. I can not make these two ends equal. I can not make ends meet. I’m suffering. I’m losing money. This is a disaster. How are you doing financially? Are you saving money? Are you just making ends meet? Or are you losing money? I can’t make ends meet. Oh, no!
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