| 单词 | on the breadline |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also below) the breadline 1. With the. The lowest level of income at which it is possible to afford the basic necessities of life; subsistence level. Frequently in on (also below) the breadline. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poverty level > subsistence level subsistence level1837 breadline1888 1888 M. J. Simpelaar in Proc. 6th Ann. Session National Convent. Chiefs Bureaus Statistics Labor U.S. 22 Bread is the primitive, natural motive of all labor... Next in importance come clothing and shelter. The three comprise the immediate necessaries of life—the condition I wish to denote by the term, ‘the bread line’. 1912 Portsmouth (Ohio) Daily Times 12 Aug. 3/4 In this era of high prices the wages of $1.50 per day is generally admitted to be below the bread line. 1929 Dundee Courier 7 Nov. My life has been spent among people..close to the bread line. 1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting (1994) 249 She wasn't used to cash, living on the breadline with a kid to bring up. 2019 News Shopper (Nexis) 23 May Child poverty in Lewisham has risen over the last year with more than 30,000 kids living on or below the breadline. < as lemmas |
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