Guest  +  113721 Wed, 29 Jun 05 08:41 PM What does it mean "To make ends meet" ? Guest

	Eimai_Anglos  +  113794 Thu, 30 Jun 05 02:04 AM It is to live within budget. Quite right or, for those who don't understand "budget": To buy what is needed with the money that is available. "To make ends meet" is normally used in a negative sense: She didn't have enough (money) to make ends meet. She really struggled to make ends meet. On his salary, it was impossible to make ends meet. (Really, this phrase is a cliché and is to be avoided.) Eimai_Anglos Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Regular Member 509 Martin - native English speaker and technical author. Negatives

	Eimai_Anglos  +  113942 Thu, 30 Jun 05 04:30 PM Please put your question in English - preferably black, not red. I can neither read nor understand what you've typed. Eimai_Anglos

	davkett  +  113948 Thu, 30 Jun 05 04:46 PM "A frog in his throat"--usually in reference to a person whose normal voice is altered, because of a cold, sore throat, laryngitis, or just not being fully awake in the morning, after a bad night. "Put your foot down"--Stand firmly on what you have decided to do, or what you are requiring someone else to do.  Often used by parents reigning in their child. "Split our sides"--generally refers to laughing so hard, one's chest muscles want to tear. "Laughing our heads off"--laughing so hard you feel your head will fall off. "Pins and needles"--like sitting on pins and needles. davkett Joined on Tue, Jun 7 2005 Pennsylvania, USA Senior Member 2,788 "The rose stays fresh in its name..." -Bernard of Morlay