live on the breadline

live on the breadline
be/live on the breadline British & Australian to be very poor.

Most families of the unemployed are on the breadline.

How many elderly people in Britain are living on the breadline?


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • live below the breadline — be/live below the breadline be/live on the breadline to be very poor. There are immigrant families living below the breadline in some areas …   New idioms dictionary

  • live on the breadline —    People who live on the breadline have a very low income or barely enough money to survive.     Due to the recent crisis, there are more people on the breadline than ever before …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • be below the breadline — be/live below the breadline be/live on the breadline to be very poor. There are immigrant families living below the breadline in some areas …   New idioms dictionary

  • be on the breadline — be/live on the breadline British & Australian to be very poor. Most families of the unemployed are on the breadline. How many elderly people in Britain are living on the breadline? …   New idioms dictionary

  • on the breadline —    People who live on the breadline have a very low income or barely enough money to survive.     Due to the recent crisis, there are more people on the breadline than     ever before …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • breadline — noun 1 be/live on the breadline to be extremely poor 2 be near/below the breadline to be quite poor or extremely poor, according to official standards …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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