She learns that the couple had emigrated from Mexico illegally and were living above their means.

It often causes us to live above our means.

'What you're saying, John, is this man lived above his means?'

Well, let's say he's living way above his apparent means.

One area in which "living above one's means" has caused negative social effects is that of credit card use.

He will not live above his means (end of discussion).

"We have tried not to live above our means," he said.

I spent most of my early life living above my means.

"Family was evicted and now re sides in a garage with rent much above the mother's means," an early report said.

Sometimes this leads to offering things above one's means.