家計のやり繰りはmake (both) ends meet(0:14)と言います。毎日耳にするフレーズです。0:10 Lady Madonna, children at your feet, (I) wonder how you manage to make ends meet. どうやって家計を切り盛りしているのか?
The Beatles - Lady Madonna - 1968 - 45 RPM - POWERFUL MONO HEAVY BASS MIX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY6SUaJZgjE 0:46 they can't make ends meet. やってけない。
http://bridge-english.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post_8170.html 自転車操業を英語でなんと言うか?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7OWkgp5bwA 1:11 inflation and subsidy cuts will make it more difficult to make ends meet. インフレと政府の援助金打ち切りなどで生活はいよいよ苦しくなる
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEH-VI950Yw&feature=related 3:47 just 8 months ago, Tyler and Berkley were struggling to make ends meet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnByAljMIqM 0:38 I work two jobs and I still can't make ends meet. 仕事を掛け持ちしても、生活は追いつかない。
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