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"ends meet" what a delightful veganization, as if the two ends --your expenses and income-- just barely meet. I used to literally buy the packaged ends of meat
by fritzo 3y ago
"ends meet" what a delightful veganization, as if the two ends --your expenses and income-- just barely meet. I used to literally buy the packaged ends of meat and cheese, which grocers sell for less because they're closer to expiry date.
- komadori 3y agoI was so surprised by your comment that I had to check that I hadn't been using the wrong word all this time! However, I don't think it's a veganisation, as you put it. Usage of "ends meet" dates back to at least the 17th century with uncertain origin, but possibly to do with ropes or accounting. "ends meat" seems to be a more modern derivation, sometimes given as a folk etymology for the former. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/66831/origin-of-make-ends-meet https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/66831/origin-of-... https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_ends_meet https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_ends_meet https://www.oed.com/search/advanced/Quotations?textTermText0=ends+meet&textTermOpt0=QuotText https://www.oed.com/search/advanced/Quotations?textTermText0...
- fritzo 3y agoThanks, I'm just as surprised!
- triceratops 3y agoIt's always been "ends meet". You've been using it wrong.