| 单词 | to live close to the bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto live close to (also near) the bone (b) Close to the minimum level or standard possible; esp. close to the limit of survival or subsistence; frequently in to live close to (also near) the bone: to live frugally or in poverty; to manage on the barest minimum. Cf. Phrases 1a(a)(iii). ΚΠ 1873 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sunday Sentinel 6 Apr. 6/2 He has had a hard time and has lived close to the bone. 1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 11 Sept. 3/5 The league schedule is getting close to the bone. 1919 Sydney Sportsman 9 Apr. 2/6 Aren't they running this Domestic Economy Stunt rather close to the bone? 1947 N. Cardus Autobiogr. 9 He declined, in a family which was always living close to the bone, to take on any job. 1990 P. Auster Music of Chance i. 18 He had always lived too close to the bone to think much about them, and once the novelty of the inheritance had worn off, he reverted to his old modest habits. 2001 Technol. Rev. Dec. 87/2 Undoubtedly, many companies, running close to the bone, couldn't afford to safely clone their archives in more than one place. < as lemmas |
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