Meaning of keep body and soul together | Babel Free

Definitions

Of a person: to survive; to continue living.

Examples

“How did you keep body and soul together before you got your first paying job as an actor?”

“Trout lives in a rented basement in Ilium, about two miles from Billy’s nice white home. He himself has no idea how many novels he has written—possibly seventy-five of the things. Not one of them has made money. So Trout keeps body and soul together as a circulation man for the Ilium Gazette, manages newspaper delivery boys, bullies and flatters and cheats little kids.”

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