live paycheck to paycheck

Etymology


A reference to a person fully expending the entire earnings of their paycheck and not having anything left prior to receiving their next paycheck.

Verb

 * 1)  To have the entirety of what one earns consumed by living expenses, thus having nothing left over to save; make just enough (money, etc.) to survive; to scratch by.

Translations

 * Czech: žít z ruky do huby, žít z ruky do úst
 * Finnish: elää kädestä suuhun
 * German: ; sich von Monat zu Monat durchschlagen
 * Hungarian: alig jön ki a fizetéséből, hónapról hónapra él
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: жить от зарпла́ты до зарпла́ты
 * Spanish: vivir al día


 * German: