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| eke out one's living (Val_Ships) | |||
| live on a stringent budget; be on a tight budget; get by | |||
| get along on a shoestring (For the last two years, we have had to get along on a shoestring. Val_Ships); eke out a living (When you just eke out a living, you live from check to check, barely managing to pay all your bills. Val_Ships) | |||
| keep the wolf from the door (I don't make a lot of money, just enough to keep the wolf from the door. We have a small amount of money saved, hardly enough to keep the wolf from the door. kirobite); be down on one's uppers (Andrey Truhachev); be on the breadline (Andrey Truhachev); live off the smell of an oily rag (NZ, Aus Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| live from hand to mouth | |||
| keep body and soul together | |||
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| keep wolf from the door (I don't make a lot of money, just enough to keep the wolf from the door. We have a small amount of money saved, hardly enough to keep the wolf from the door. kirobite) | |||
| перебиваться с хлеба на воду: 7 phrases in 2 subjects |
| Idiomatic | 4 |
| Saying | 3 |