make ends meet

Carlos Torrealba tries to make ends meet selling cigarettes in the streets of the capital, Caracas.

Those affected include Edmund Davies, who owes about £1,800 in council tax and is struggling to make ends meet with the £295 he receives in benefits each month.

For those who rely on disability benefits to make ends meet, the proposed rules aren’t just abstract numbers, but rather they could mean the difference between financial security and hardship.

For young women like Agnes, the risks of engaging with these men were often weighed against the struggle to make ends meet.

Attempting to regroup, Lindsey and Stevie took a series of odd jobs to make ends meet, with Nicks serving as a hostess at Clementine’s.