Those without money struggle to get by.

那些没有钱的人只能勉强度日。

We've only just saved enough money to keep the wolf from the door.

我们的存款只够勉强度日。

You have just enough to get by.

你的钱只够勉强度日。

Many single-parent families in this area are living hand to mouth.

这个地区有许多单亲家庭是勉强糊口度日的。

Even then, though, they were barely held on by a thread.

即便如此，他们也只是勉强度日。

Twenty million others get by in the informal sector.

另有2000万人在非正规渠道勉强度日。

He soon got another job as a dishwasher and started scraping by.

他很快找到了另一份洗碗工的工作，开始勉强度日。

He'd barely been scraping by on his part-time salary.

靠兼职工资只能勉强度日。

We don't eat to satisfy our hunger. We just manage.

我们吃东西不是为了吃饱，只是为了勉强度日。

You live hand to mouth, something bad happens, you borrow, things get worse and worse and worse.

你勉强度日，坏事发生，你借钱，情况变得更糟，之后更糟，更糟。

Some have been lucky and had savings to dip into but other people have gone without essential items at times.

有些人很幸运，有积蓄可以支撑他们，但其他人却需要在没有必要的物品的条件下勉强度日。

On the other hand, if you only just make enough to cover your costs, you can say you're just getting by.

另一方面，如果你挣的钱只是够花的话，那就可以说你在勉强度日。

The couple had their hands full with two infant daughters, and they could hardly scrape by with what money they had.

这对夫妇带着两个襁褓中的女儿忙得不可开交，手头的钱很难勉强度日。

How long are people going to have to juggle sort of make do and perhaps not get the products that they need?

人们要花多长时间才能勉强度日却得不到他们需要的产品?

They do not realize or do not want to realize that many farm families barely managed to get by on what they grow.

他们没有意识到或不想意识到，许多农民家庭靠自己种植的东西勉强度日。

Despite the year's countless tragedies, many families managed to scrape by.

尽管这一年发生了无数的悲剧，但许多家庭还是勉强度日。

She survived, as my mother would have said, on shirt buttons.

她勉强度日，就像我妈妈常说的，全靠省吃俭用。

Or are you running on fumes and just trying to make it through the day?

或者你是在勉强度日，只是想熬过一天吗？

Each receives $9 a month from the UN on which to get by.

每人每月从联合国领取9元，以此勉强度日。

But how is it that some people, somehow manage to get by anyway?

但为什么有些人却能勉强度日呢？