Meaning of PAYCHEQUE (PAYCHECK) TO PAYCHEQUE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So when you have job you get a paycheque.
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If you live in the U.K. or Canada you get
a paycheque.
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If you live in America you get a paycheck.
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But the phrase, "paycheque to paycheque",
refers to someone who doesn't have enough
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money in their bank, they don't have enough
money saved up for them to buy things until
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they get the next paycheque.
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So if you are living paycheque to paycheque
it would mean that you can't buy groceries
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until you get your next paycheque.
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It would mean that you can't buy something
that you need for your house until you get
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your next paycheque.
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So when you are living paycheck to paycheck
in America or if you're living paycheque to
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paycheque in Canada it means that you don't
have enough money to buy things until you
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get your next paycheque.
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I think my son just ran by!
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