OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 48806

live paycheck to paycheck

/lɪv ˈpeɪtʃɛk tə ˈpeɪtʃɛk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
vivir al día
To have the entirety of one's earnings consumed by living expenses, thus having nothing left over to save; to make just enough (money, etc.) to survive; to scratch by.
But what does all this mean for the men and women who live from paycheck to paycheck? Prices have skyrocketed to boost the cost of living for the worker to about double the pre-war…
Hector, who has worked at the Miramar since he arrived from Mexico ten years ago, would like to own his own home someday. "It's my dream," he says. But he can't imagine how he'll e…
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