anonymous@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?message-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down14
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?anonymous@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·edit-22 years 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-up3·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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