Vocabulary

やり繰り

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

noun suru-verb vt
freq #900

Example sentences

He tried to make both ends meet.

He borrowed from his brother to finance the loss he made on the project.

The cost of living has risen so quickly that it is almost impossible for us to make both ends meet.

He found difficulty in making ends meet on his small salary.

My wife is a good manager.

We worked hard to make ends meet.

Bill got into such a hole with the payments on his house that now that he's lost his job, I don't know how he'll ever get out from under.

John had to get along on a shoestring.