anonymous@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down17
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?anonymous@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago“Making ends meet” i use to think it was, “Making ends meat” like all you can afford is the cut of bits off of undesirable meat. I never saw it written down before, and now I feel dumb.
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt actually refers to tying a napkin around your neck before eating. You had to “make the ends meet” before you could eat
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agohmm might want to update wikipedia with that because they say unknown etymology. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_ends_meet
“Making ends meet” i use to think it was, “Making ends meat” like all you can afford is the cut of bits off of undesirable meat. I never saw it written down before, and now I feel dumb.
It actually refers to tying a napkin around your neck before eating. You had to “make the ends meet” before you could eat
hmm might want to update wikipedia with that because they say unknown etymology.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_ends_meet