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worry about where the (one's) next meal is coming from

  • 1 К-492

    КУСОК ХЛЕБА NP sing only usu. obj fixed WO
    means of subsistence
    crust (piece) of bread
    livelihood means of support bread and butter
    заработать на кусок хлеба -earn one's bread (keep, livelihood)
    earn a living
    думать (беспокоиться) о куске хлеба = worry about where the (one's) next meal is coming from
    worry about putting bread on the table.
    «Итак, все кончено, - сказал он (Дубровский) сам себе, -еще утром имел я угол и кусок хлеба. Завтра должен я буду оставить дом, где я родился и где умер мой отец, виновнику его смерти и моей нищеты» (Пушкин 1). "So its all over!" he (Dubrovsky) said to himself "Only this morning I had a place to rest and a crust of bread to eat. To-morrow I must abandon the house where I was born, and where my father died, to the man who brought about his death and my beggary!" (1 b).
    «Я не сделаю ни шага, пока вы не дадите мне возможность повидать сына. Он в школе. Остается на краю земли, один, без куска хлеба. Я должна поговорить с ним перед расставаньем...» (Гинзбург 2). "I won't take a step until you let me see my son. He's at school. He will be left behind out here at the end of the earth, all alone, with no means of support. I must talk to him before we are parted.." (2a).
    ...Меня не печатали и лишали куска хлеба еще два года (до конца 1972), после чего власти, полагая, что я уже прочно стою на коленях, решили меня простить и даже издали одновременно две мои книги (Войнович 1)....They stopped publishing me and kept me from earning a living for another two years, until the end of 1972. Then, assuming that they had me on my knees, the authorities decided to forgive me, and even published two of my books at the same time (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > К-492

  • 2 кусок хлеба

    [NP; sing only; usu. obj; fixed WO]
    =====
    means of subsistence:
    || заработать на кусок хлеба earn one's bread (keep, livelihood);
    - worry about putting bread on the table.
         ♦ "Итак, все кончено, - сказал он [Дубровский] сам себе, - еще утром имел я угол и кусок хлеба. Завтра должен я буду оставить дом, где я родился и где умер мой отец, виновнику его смерти и моей нищеты" (Пушкин 1). "So its all over!" he [Dubrovsky] said to himself "Only this morning I had a place to rest and a crust of bread to eat. To-morrow I must abandon the house where I was born, and where my father died, to the man who brought about his death and my beggary!" (1b).
         ♦ "Я не сделаю ни шага, пока вы не дадите мне возможность повидать сына. Он в школе. Остается на краю земли, один, без куска хлеба. Я должна поговорить с ним перед расставаньем..." (Гинзбург 2). "I won't take a step until you let me see my son. He's at school. He will be left behind out here at the end of the earth, all alone, with no means of support. I must talk to him before we are parted. (2a).
         ♦...Меня не печатали и лишали куска хлеба еще два года (до конца 1972), после чего власти, полагая, что я уже прочно стою на коленях, решили меня простить и даже издали одновременно две мои книги (Войнович 1)....They stopped publishing me and kept me from earning a living for another two years, until the end of 1972. Then, assuming that they had me on my knees, the authorities decided to forgive me, and even published two of my books at the same time (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > кусок хлеба

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