Avoir tout juste assez d'argent pour vivre.
To have just enough money to live.
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See how the word “joindre les deux bouts” is used in sentences
Avec deux emplois, elle arrive à peine à joindre les deux bouts. — With two jobs she barely makes ends meet.
Comment les jeunes familles font-elles pour joindre les deux bouts aujourd'hui ? — How do young families make ends meet these days?
Après l'augmentation du loyer, nous n'arrivions plus à joindre les deux bouts. — After the rent went up, we couldn't make ends meet.
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