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1 have hardly enough to keep body and soul together
Общая лексика: едва сводить концы с концамиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > have hardly enough to keep body and soul together
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2 keep body and soul together
жить впроголодь, с трудом поддерживать существование, еле перебиваться, еле сводить концы с концамиTrench: "...your fortune has been made out of a parcel of unfortunate creatures that have hardly enough to keep body and soul together." (B. Shaw, ‘Widowers' Houses’, act II) — Тренч: "...вы нажили состояние тем, что вымогали последние гроши у несчастных бедняков, живущих впроголодь."
Large English-Russian phrasebook > keep body and soul together
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3 keep body and soul together
жить впpoгoлoдь, c тpудoм пoддepживaть cущecтвoвaниe, кoe-кaк пepeбивaтьcя; eлe cвoдить кoнцы c кoнцaмиFrench....your fortune has been made out of a parcel of unfortunate creatures that have hardly enough to keep body and soul together (G. B. Shaw)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > keep body and soul together
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keep body and soul together — {v. phr.} To keep alive; survive. * /John was unemployed most of the year and hardly made enough money to keep body and soul together./ Compare: KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR … Dictionary of American idioms
keep body and soul together — {v. phr.} To keep alive; survive. * /John was unemployed most of the year and hardly made enough money to keep body and soul together./ Compare: KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR … Dictionary of American idioms
keep body and soul together — If you earn enough to cover your basic expenses, but nothing more than that, you earn enough to keep body and soul together … The small dictionary of idiomes
keep body and soul together — If you earn enough to cover your basic expenses, but nothing more than that, you earn enough to keep body and soul together. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone is able to keep body and soul together, they manage to survive. … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Keep body and soul together — If you earn enough to cover your basic expenses, but nothing more than that, you earn enough to keep body and soul together … Dictionary of English idioms
keep body and soul together — To stay alive • • • Main Entry: ↑keep * * * keep body and soul together british phrase to have just enough money to buy food and other necessary things She had to take on two jobs just to keep body and soul together. Thesaurus: to have just… … Useful english dictionary
keep\ body\ and\ soul\ together — v. phr. To keep alive; survive. John was unemployed most of the year and hardly made enough money to keep body and soul together. Compare: keep the wolf from the door … Словарь американских идиом
keep body and soul together — British to have just enough money to buy food and other necessary things She had to take on two jobs just to keep body and soul together … English dictionary
keep body and soul together — remain sane and solvent, earn enough to feed and clothe oneself … English contemporary dictionary
body — /bod ee/, n., pl. bodies, v., bodied, bodying, adj. n. 1. the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead. 2. a corpse; carcass. 3. the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree. 4. Anat., Zool. the… … Universalium
body — bod|y W1S1 [ˈbɔdi US ˈba:di] n plural bodies ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑ … Dictionary of contemporary English