When he worked for the library, Marshall only made enough to keep body and soul together.
•Maria's savings were just enough to keep body and soul together while she looked for another job.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
keep body and soul together — {v. phr.} To keep alive; survive. * /John was unemployed most of the year and hardly made enough money to keep body and soul together./ Compare: KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR … Dictionary of American idioms
keep body and soul together — {v. phr.} To keep alive; survive. * /John was unemployed most of the year and hardly made enough money to keep body and soul together./ Compare: KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR … Dictionary of American idioms
keep body and soul together — If you earn enough to cover your basic expenses, but nothing more than that, you earn enough to keep body and soul together … The small dictionary of idiomes
keep body and soul together — If you earn enough to cover your basic expenses, but nothing more than that, you earn enough to keep body and soul together. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone is able to keep body and soul together, they manage to survive. … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Keep body and soul together — If you earn enough to cover your basic expenses, but nothing more than that, you earn enough to keep body and soul together … Dictionary of English idioms
keep body and soul together — To stay alive • • • Main Entry: ↑keep * * * keep body and soul together british phrase to have just enough money to buy food and other necessary things She had to take on two jobs just to keep body and soul together. Thesaurus: to have just… … Useful english dictionary
keep\ body\ and\ soul\ together — v. phr. To keep alive; survive. John was unemployed most of the year and hardly made enough money to keep body and soul together. Compare: keep the wolf from the door … Словарь американских идиом
keep body and soul together — British to have just enough money to buy food and other necessary things She had to take on two jobs just to keep body and soul together … English dictionary
keep body and soul together — remain sane and solvent, earn enough to feed and clothe oneself … English contemporary dictionary
body — /bod ee/, n., pl. bodies, v., bodied, bodying, adj. n. 1. the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead. 2. a corpse; carcass. 3. the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree. 4. Anat., Zool. the… … Universalium
body — bod|y W1S1 [ˈbɔdi US ˈba:di] n plural bodies ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑ … Dictionary of contemporary English
