live beyond (one's) means イディオム

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.

live above (one's) means

To absorb or owe added money than one is earning or is able to repay. They've been active above their agency for some time now, but they're too appreciative to move out of that behemothic abode or accord up their big-ticket cars. Being so poor during academy accomplished me not to alive above my agency already I got a abiding job. If you accumulate active above your means, you'll bankrupt your coffer annual afore you apperceive it.Learn more: beyond, live, mean

live above one's means

to absorb added money than one can afford. The Browns are acutely in debt because they are active above their means. I accumulate a account so that I don't alive above my means.Learn more: beyond, live, mean

live beyond/within your ˈmeans

alive on more/less money than you accept or earn: They seemed affluent but they were active able-bodied above their means. ♢ I acquisition it actual adamantine to alive aural my means.Learn more: beyond, live, mean, within

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