They're not exactly on the breadline.
他们其实并非生活在贫困线上。
We lived on the breadline to get our son through college.
供儿子上大学期间我们的生活非常拮据。
Many people without jobs are living on the breadline these days.
最近很多失业游民生活在温饱线上。
Matthew worked in Father's dye factory, fortunate to have a job when most of the rest of the town stood on the breadline.
马修在父亲的染厂工作，镇上多数人都在排队领救济，他很幸运还有份工作。
Now, though many-perhaps most-zimbabweans are still on the breadline and 80% have no jobs, at least those in work can predict their income.
现在，即便很多，也许是大多数津巴布韦人仍旧在排队领面包，80%的人没有工作，但是至少那些有工作的能预见自己的收入。
One in three children in Britain today lives below the breadline, while bankers sulk if their annual bonus falls to a paltry million pounds.
今天，生活在大不列单的儿童，每三个中就有一个排在等待领取救济的队伍中，与此同时，银行家们因为年度分红略有下降而愠怒不已。
I thought of Matthew's mangled words, Toby's pocked cheeks, and the hungry people in the breadline waiting for loaves like soft round wishes.
我想着马修残缺不全的话语，托比那布满痘痕的脸颊，还有饥饿的人们排队等待救济面包就像等待一个个柔软的、圆圆的希望。
I thought of Matthew's mangled words, Toby's pocked cheeks, and the hungry people in the breadline waiting for loaves like soft round wishes.
我想着马修残缺不全的话语，托比那布满痘痕的脸颊，还有饥饿的人们排队等待救济面包就像等待一个个柔软的、圆圆的希望。
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