If you lose your livelihood you could end up on the breadline.

如果你丢去了你谋生的手段，那你会沦落到靠着救济过日子。

What would breadlines during a pandemic have looked like? Do we want to know?

疫情期间排队领取救济的队伍会是什么样子? 我们想知道吗?

A " breadline" is a line of people seeking food from a charity or government agency.

" breadline（待救济队伍）" 指的是一行向慈善机构或者政府机构寻求食物的人。

So, being " on the breadline" describes someone who depends on food donations to survive.

，" on the breadline" 是形容某人靠着食物捐赠过活。

Oftentimes, dinner was served in breadlines and soup kitchens.

通常， 晚餐是在排队领面包的队伍和施粥处提供的。

Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.

处于面包线上的某人确实非常贫穷。

Conditions were harsh, job security almost non-existent, and wages often close to the breadline.

条件恶劣，工作几乎毫无保障，工资常常接近最低生活标准。

I mean, really on the breadline or below it.

我的意思是， 真的在面包线上或下方。

They're not like they're on the breadline necessarily.

他们未必是那种生活拮据的人。

From putting me on the breadline and you behind bars.

到时我就等着丢饭碗 你就等着蹲号子吧。

Well, just make sure you stay on his daughter's good side too. If you guys break up, you might find yourself on the breadline.

好吧，你也要站在他女儿这边。如果你们分手的话，你可能会发现自己生活清贫。

So once the economy is disrupted like this, lots of people find themselves without a real safety net on the breadline.

，一旦经济像这样被打乱，很多人就会发现自己在救济金线上没有真正的安全网。

Instead of well-fed Americans driving to good jobs in new cars, by the end of Hoover's term, they stood in breadlines or sold apples on street corners.

到胡佛任期结束时，他们不再是吃得饱喝足的美国人开着新车去找好工作，而是站在面包线上或在街角卖苹果。

Farm Belt towns were deserted; in New York City, public school leaders said that about 20,000 children were malnourished; formerly self-reliant men stood in breadlines waiting for soup.

农场带的城镇空无一人;在纽约市，公立学校领导表示，大约有 20,000 名儿童营养不良;以前自力更生的男人站在面包线上等待汤。