0
Shravanmm Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of a sentence please

Dear teachers,

The context is as below.
1. Help and promote local farmers and retailers instead of buying vegetables from big malls and supermarkets. They are doing it for their living and not for profit. Let us help these less fortunate people who struggle to make both ends meet.

What is the meaning of to make both ends meet.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Thank you. It means to earn just enough money so that you can buy the things you need. Regards

— Regards

  • Thank you.
  • It means to earn just enough money so that you can buy the things you need.
  • Regards
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

4 Answers
0
Hi,
shravanmmWhat is the meaning of to make both ends meet.Thank you.
It means to earn just enough money so that you can buy the things you need.

Regards
0
0
Thank you so much for replying to my post.

Let us help these less fortunate people who struggle to make both ends meet. Is this sentence grammatically correct and natural?

Thank you so much in advance.
0
0
"To make ends meet" is an idiom that means having just enough money to get by. Let's say you make $100 at work. If it costs $50 to keep the lights in the house on, and it costs $40 to buy things to eat, then you have $10 left over. This also means that you barely had enough to get by, or, you struggled to make ends meet.
0
0
Hi,
shravanmmLet us help these less fortunate people who struggle to make both ends meet. Is this sentence grammatically correct and natural?
It seems all right to me, except that I'd probably change let us to let's. Let us sounds overly formal to me.

Regards
0

Related Questions