They're not exactly on the breadline.

他们其实并非生活在贫困线上。

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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。

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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。

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"It's clearly an estate that's on the breadline, " he said.

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The life of single lamb or young llama can make a huge difference to a family already on the breadline, and as water gets scarcer, villagers will become ever more dependent on tourism for their income.

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Mr Duncan Smith dismissed the petition as a "complete stunt" and told his local Wanstead and Woodford Guardian he had been unemployed twice so "I know what it is like to live on the breadline".

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