ชักหน้าไม่ถึงหลัง(chák nâa mâi tĕung lăng)

Meanings

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[to] not make ends meet

An idiom meaning you cannot make ends meet; you do not have enough money to cover your costs, often before the next payday.

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyจ่ายjàaiจ่ายjàai1[to] pay2[to] disburse; distribute (funds/resources)3[to] spend (money)ค่าเช่าkâa châoค่าเช่าkâa châorent; rental charge/feeห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: roomsไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ปลายเดือนbplaai deuuanปลายเดือนbplaai deuuanend of the monthก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerชักหน้าไม่ถึงหลังchák nâa mâi tĕung lăngชักหน้าไม่ถึงหลังchák nâa mâi tĕung lăng[to] not make ends meetทุกทีtúk teeทุกทีtúk tee1every time; on each occasion2always; invariably
After paying the rent, I always struggle to make ends meet by the end of the month.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ชักchákชักchák1[to] pull; [to] draw (toward oneself/along)2[to] raise/lower (a flag, blinds)3[aux] begin to; start to; keep on (repeatedly)4[to] have convulsions; [to] twitch5seizure; convulsion (episode)6[to] withdraw; [to] pull back7[to] draw up (liquid) with a syringe; [to] injectPart 1
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หน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7facePart 2
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ไม่ถึงmâi tĕungไม่ถึงmâi tĕung1less than; not as many as2[to] not reach; [to] not arrive (yet)Part 3
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หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)Part 4
ชักหน้าไม่ถึงหลังchák nâa mâi tĕung lăngชักหน้าไม่ถึงหลังchák nâa mâi tĕung lăng[to] not make ends meet