breadline
A line of people waiting to receive food from a charityA line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
» I am living on the breadline even though I am always working hard.
Meaning
2 senses(US)A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
Brotschlange
a queue of people waiting for free food
(UK, figuratively)The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level.
Every day brings new worries about falling below the breadline.
Existenzminimum
Examples
2 sentencesI am living on the breadline even though I am always working hard.
Nowadays people in Venezuela are on the breadline.
ruВ настоящее время люди в Венесуэле живут за чертой бедности. — odexed
deHeutzutage leben die Leute in Venezuela am Existenzminimum. — Yakuwari
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From bread + line. In sense 2, referring to the income level at which one can afford to buFrom bread + line. In sense 2, referring to the income level at which one can afford to buy bread, a staple food.
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Forms
plural: breadlinesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a queue of people waiting for free food:bread line