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не до жиру, быть бы живу stresses
gen.	let well enough alone (Anglophile)
idiom.	survive before thrive (DRE)
proverb	anything is better than nothing (george serebryakov); one wouldn't want too much from life, one would simply want to stay alive (george serebryakov); it's a case of keeping body and soul together (george serebryakov); small change is riches to a beggar (george serebryakov)
saying.	beggars can't be choosers (Interex)

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