make-ends-meet

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

Although most of the poor and displaced in Khartoum struggle to make ends meet, a very small number not only find work, but form small co-operatives.

make both ends meet
Make (both) ends meet: Earn just enough money to live on
make ends meet
Barely earn enough money to survive, live on the edge of poverty
can hardly make ends meet
barely pays his bills each month, cannot really afford much
could hardly make ends meet
barley earned enough money to pay his bills, barely earned enough to survive
make both ends meet
live within one's financial ability, spend only as much or less than one earns