Doctor South asked his assistant how he expected to make both ends meet if he gave a fisherman with a stomach-ache a mixture consisting of half a dozen expensive drugs.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

His mother had been a Miss Trotter, of Chicago, and it was on her dowry that the Runnymedes contrived to make both ends meet.

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context

I sympathise with her, for I do the same, only Jonathan and I will start in life in a very simple way, and shall have to try to make both ends meet.

Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context

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To make account of
To make an ass of one's self
To make an out
To make as if
To make away
To make away with
To make book
To make both ends meet
To make common cause with
To make conscience of
To make dainty
To make ducks and drakes
To make fair weather
To make fast
To make foul water

To make a dead set
To make a face
To make a fool of
To make a good board
To make a lip
to make a long story short
to make a long story short
to make a long story short
to make a long story short
to make a long story short
to make a long story short
To make a march
To make a move
To make a point
To make a point of
To make a stand

To make account
To make account of
To make an ass of one's self
To make an out
To make as if
To make away
To make away with
To make book
To make both ends meet
To make common cause with
To make conscience of
To make dainty
To make ducks and drakes
To make fair weather
To make fast
To make fire
To make foul water

To make free with
To make friends with
To make fun of
To make game of
To make good weather
To make haste
To make head
To Make It Balance
To make it strange
To make it tough
To make it wise
To make land
To make light of
To make mischief
To make money
to make moot

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