bread line

常见例句

Inflation was the pensioner's worst enemy because they were on the bread line, and could not wait for a year to catch up with the price increase.
通貨膨脹是領取養老金者最大的敵人，因爲他們掙紥在生活線上，他們不可能乾等一年，以趕上物價的上漲。
He was out of work for three years and did not qualify for state aid, so that he was practically on the bread line.
他失業3年了，沒資格享受州政府用於地方公共事業的補助費，所以他實際上已在領取救濟食品的行列之中。