live beyond within your means Idiome

by all means

yes, please do it By all means, come to the Learning Skills Centre.

by any means

any way or method, by doing any job He survived by any means when he first came to Canada.

by no means

not in any way, not by any stretch... By no means is a car a good investment. It will depreciate.

end justifies the means

(See the end justifies the means)

the end justifies the means

any method is fine if the result is good If a person steals food to survive, does the end justify the means?

means

money

beyond one's means

more than one can afford 非财力所及
Don't live beyond your means．过日子不要超出自己财力所及的范围。

by means of

with the help of；by using sth．or some method 利用
He recovered by means of seaair and seabathing．他通过呼吸海边的空气和洗海水浴恢复了健康。
They succeeded by means of perseverance．他们依靠坚持而成功。
The thief entered the house by means of a ladder．小偷用一个梯子进了房间。

ways and means

Idiom(s): ways and means

Theme: MONEY

eferring to the raising of money to pay for something. (Typically refers to a government committee or a committee of some organization charged with raising money. Fixed order.)
• The suggestion was referred to the ways and means committee for discussion at the next meeting.
• The proposed legislation is stalled in ways and means.

one means business

Idiom(s): one means business

Theme: SERIOUSNESS

one is very serious. (Informal.)
• Billy, get into this house and do your homework, and I mean business.
• We mean business when we say you must stop all this nonsense.

More Idioms/Phrases

one's bread and butter one's better half One's bark is worse than one's bite one-night stand one way or another one to a customer one means business one little bit one jump ahead of one for the record books