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| be next door to starving; be on short commons; go on short rations; starve | |||
| live in want | |||
| live on a stringent budget; be on a tight budget (конт.) | |||
| do not always have enough to eat (CNN, 2021: U.S. Census Bureau data shows nearly 30 of 328 million people don't always have enough to eat. Alex_Odeychuk) | |||
| be on short rations; go on short commons; live from hand to mouth | |||
| live on the bread line (Ying) | |||
| live from hand to mouth (дословно: Жить по принципу из руки да в рот (т.е. что заработал, то съел) | |||
| live close to one's belly (амер. Bobrovska) | |||
| жить впроголодь: 2 phrases in 1 subject |
| Euphemistic | 2 |