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单词 live on the breadline
释义

live on the breadline

or be on the breadline
to be extremely poor
They should be stripped of everything they own but the bare essentials. Let themfeel what it is like to be on the breadline.

Examples of 'live on the breadline' in a sentence
live on the breadline

It's not as if large oil companies live on the breadline.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The victim told the court that she would live 'on the breadline' because of the debts and interest payments.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And let's be honest, 14,000-a-week is hardly living on the breadline.
The Sun (2012)
Around 10,000 are living on the breadline.
The Sun (2009)
Some may be living on the breadline and rely on them.
The Sun (2016)
If we aren't living on the breadline, our feelings of happiness can only be determinedto a certain degree by external factors.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was offered an advance of a kind he could not refuse, and, having lived on the breadline until then, he accepted it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
More than 640,000 people moving off benefits and into work are still living on the breadline, it will say.
The Sun (2016)
Many are left saddled with debts, living on the breadline, without a job but unable to claim much in state benefits.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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