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Meaning of "on the breadline" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ON THE BREADLINE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ON THE BREADLINE

on the back burner
on the back foot
on the baker´s list
on the ball
on the beam
on the blink
on the block
on the books
on the bot
on the bounce
on the brain
on the bum
on the button
on the cadge
on the cards
on the carpet
on the chance
on the cheap
on the club
on the coat

WORDS THAT END LIKE ON THE BREADLINE

banner headline
bloodline
breadline
broadline
Childline
deadline
hardline
headline
hotline
landline
line
midline
offline
on line
online
outline
postdeadline
redline
strandline
timeline

Synonyms and antonyms of on the breadline in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «on the breadline» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ON THE BREADLINE

Find out the translation of on the breadline to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of on the breadline from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «on the breadline» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在breadline
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en la miseria
570 millions of speakers

English

on the breadline
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

breadline पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على breadline
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

за чертой бедности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

no breadline
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রুটিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sur le seuil de pauvreté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pada garis lebar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

am Existenzminimum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブレッドライン上
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

breadline 에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing garis pinggir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trên breadline
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரொட்டி வரிசையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रेडलाइनवर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ekmek çizgisi üzerinde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sulla soglia di povertà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na minimum egzystencji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

за межею бідності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pebreadline
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στο όριο της φτώχειας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

op die broodlyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

på svältgränsen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på Breadline
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of on the breadline

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ON THE BREADLINE»

The term «on the breadline» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.968 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ON THE BREADLINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about on the breadline

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON THE BREADLINE»

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Britain on the breadline: a social and political history of ...
Keith Laybourn takes issue with those who have painted an over optimistic picture of Britain between the wars, emphasizing that unemployment was the dominant issue in 1918-1939, when unemployment was rarely less than a million.
Keith Laybourn, 1998
2
Travels on the Breadline: Cycling into Adventure Across The ...
Cycling into Adventure Across The Channel Fran Adams. sixteen miles of cycling, all the way up the Cotswold edge in the dark, then down the other side through Painswick to Stroud, plus the final climb up Butterrow Hill to reach home?
Fran Adams, 2012
3
Modern Britain Since 1906: A Reader
Chapter 4 Britain on the Breadline: Slump, Poverty and the Politics of Realignment During the Inter-war Years 1918-39 Introduction Unemployment was the dominating issue of British society during the inter- war years, creating social ...
Keith Laybourn, 1999
4
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Stephen Crane spent a night on the breadline during a blizzard in preparation for writing his classic story “Men in the Storm,” which Arena published in October 1894. Businessmen's generosity was spurred in part by the emergence of a new  ...
Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace, 1998
5
Down and Out in Paris and London: [ The Autobiographical ...
In a later account, he said the theft was the work of a young trollop that he had picked up and brought back with him; it has been submitted that "consideration for his parents' sensibilities would have required the suppression of this ...
George Orwell, 1951
6
The Touch: A Novel
The three-month nationwide strikes had crippled many families on the breadline, and he was going to be one of the men who, by legislation, would take them off the breadline. A forward-thinking man, he considered the Sydney electorates ...
Colleen McCullough, 2003
7
Don Revie: Portrait of a Footballing Enigma
Amid the triumphs, near misses and traumas, his reign brought Leeds United an era of unparalleled prosperity and stability. The story of Revie's career is one of intense dedication, willpower and pursuit of the near impossible.
Andrew Mourant, 2012
8
A View From The Foothills: The Diaries of Chris Mullin
himself were on the breadline. It was classic stuff: 'I'm not a racist but ...' and 'I didn't fight for my country to see it being taken over by foreigners ...'I pointed out several times that he was fighting fascism, but he was beyond irony. Sunday, 28 ...
Chris Mullin, 2010
9
My First Summer in the Sierra
... a good time coming, when money enough will be earned to enable me to go walking where I like in pure wildness, with what I can carry on my back, and when the bread-sack is empty, run down to the nearest point on the breadline for more.
John Muir, 1998
10
Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
One obvious reason for this was that sausages and hams tend to have a more visceral appeal to anyone on the breadline. But there were many more facets to Bologna's pig culture. The time and place to find out about them was in the city's ...
John Dickie, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ON THE BREADLINE»

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Club collects food donation for cause
The Nuneaton Foodbank, which has four distribution centres in the town, helps to feed hundreds of hungry of families living on the breadline. «Nuneaton News, Jul 15»
2
Horse racing funding changes to drop Tasmanian industry 'below …
"We're on the breadline at the moment, we are going to be $1.75 million below the breadline ... how we run an industry under those ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
3
Benefits by The Sea estate residents 'ask Royal Mail to remove it …
... programme is following a group of people on the estate in a bid to show the reality of life on the breadline in this tight-knit seaside community. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Sir Stanley Thomas hopes to boost Merthyr Tydfil after Skint show
The multi-millionaire said he was depressed and hurt after watching the Skint television documentary about life on the breadline in Merthyr. «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
5
Tesco's Hartlepool Foodbank appeal will provide 7000 meals
Foodbank supporters donated enough food to make over 7,000 meals for people living on the breadline in Hartlepool during a recent appeal. «Hartlepool Mail, Jul 15»
6
Antidepressant use in parts of Merseyside nearly 60 per cent higher …
... but to people in Walton and throughout Merseyside, for people on really low incomes and on the breadline, that really is a huge reduction. «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
7
How it really feels to be in debt
We were on the breadline.” Once we move beyond the statistics, it is clear that personal debt is more than just a balance sheet problem. «Left Foot Forward, Jul 15»
8
Essential journalism skills with Peter Bradshaw and Simon …
Jon Henley is a senior Guardian feature writer responsible for the acclaimed series Greece on the Breadline and the multi-award-winning ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Why more women than men are going bankrupt
Can you pay off your debt without living on the breadline? Absolutely, you just have to know what you are doing. It mightn't be fun, but it will be ... «Yahoo Finance UK, Jul 15»
10
Call for better engagement with Maori over housing
... can't even break into that market so if they can't, then there's sure as hell no hope for many of our whānau who are living on the breadline.". «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. On the breadline [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/on-the-breadline>. Apr 2024 ».
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