PHRASE
艰难度日,勉强糊口(美国英语中作scrape out a living或scratch out a living)
If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living .
例句
He almost manages to scrape a living as an artist.
他靠当艺术家来勉强混口饭吃。