Live within your means

Eric : It’s such a shame we are so broke. Everyone is splurging out there; I feel like two cents.

Carl : Tomorrow is our pay day and we’re going to be loaded. Aren’t we?

Eric : What we earn is just a drop in the ocean compared to Steven.

Carl : That guy is born with a silver spoon in his mouth. It’s time you came down to earth and learned how to live within your means.

Vocabulary

Broke : (adj) having little or no money. Splurge : (v) spend (money) freely or extravagantly. Feel like two cents : to have a feeling of complete worthlessness or unimportance.

Loaded : (adj) having a lot of money; wealthy.

Vocabulary

​A drop in the ocean : a very small amount.

Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth : Born into a wealthy family.

Come down to earth : to become realistic.

Live within one’s means : to spend less or only as much money as one is earning.