scrape by/along
phrasal verbwithscrapeverbuk/skreɪp/us/skreɪp/
tomanagetolivewhen you do not have enoughmoneyand othernecessarythings:
勉强维持生计Helosthisjob, so thefamilyhad toscrapebyononesmallsalary.他丢了工作，所以一家人只好靠一份微薄的工资勉强过活。
tomanagewithdifficultyto get asuccessfulresultor toreachanacceptablestandard:
艰难成功；勉强达到标准I onlystudiedSpanishfor ayearbut I canscrapeby in mostsituations.我只学了一年的西班牙语，但在大多数情况下我都能够勉强应付。
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the babyidiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more thanyoucan chewidiom
- cut
- hand
- head
- hold
- juggling
- keep body and soul togetheridiom
- keep the wolf from the dooridiom
- keepyourhead above wateridiom
- keep/holdyourend upidiom
- manage
- stretch tosomething
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- takesomethinginyourstrideidiom