keep body and soul together

[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.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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