English / idiom
Keep Body and Soul Together
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To manage to stay alive or survive with very little money, food, or resources.
In context
01
During his frugal youth, he worked double shifts simply to keep body and soul together.
02
Decades of patient perseverance ensured the elderly couple no longer struggled to keep body and soul together.
Synonyms
eke out a living,stay alive,survive
Antonyms
perish,starve,live in luxury
Collocations
barely keep body and soul together,struggle to keep body and soul together,earn enough to keep body and soul together