To be very poor, as if one could (or does) rely on food donations to survive. A "breadline" is a line of people seeking food distributed by a charitable or government agency. Sure, we have money now, but my grandmother grew up in a family that was on the breadline and lived in public housing.
非常差,因为如果人们可以(或不会)依靠食物捐赠生存。 A“breadline”是人们试图通过一个慈善机构或政府机构分发了食品一条线。当然,我们有钱了,但我的祖母在一个家庭中,这是对breadline,住在公屋长大。
If I don't make a big sale this week, my family will be on the breadline.
如果我没有做这个星期大甩卖,我的家人将在breadline。