How long before they take his head?

朝不保夕？

Their finances were a problem beyond me and would evidently have to take care of themselves, but it seemed to me that the children's futures held something better than a precarious living fishing on Orange Lake.

他们的经济问题超出了我的范围，显然他们必须照顾好自己，但在我来，孩子们的未来似乎比在奥兰治湖朝不保夕的捕鱼生活要好。

As a consequence of this example in the family, the very mention of music as a career carried with it the idea of an uncertain existence. My parents insisted upon college instead of music school, and so to college I went.

家里有了这个先例，后来只要一提到以音乐为生，我们就想到朝不保夕的生活。父母坚持要我大学而不是音乐学校，所以我就了大学。