When you are very poor you "can't make end's meat." End's meat is some sort of cheap very low quality meat.
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- When I was six my sister told me Meat Pies were made from mashed up rats...to this day I can't eat a Meat Pie.— Jamie
- my brother used to believe that Ground Chuck meat was actually groundhog meat. Anon
- I used to think that mushrooms were meat.Anon
- I used to believe mushrooms were a meat.— Lee Ann
- I used to believe that the meat you eat is turning to be your own muscles.— Yossi
- I used to believe that Steak was actually alligator meat. Anon