make a living

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family.
To manage to find enough food to survive.

Equivalents

Españolganarse la vida ganarse las habichuelas ganarse las lentejasganarse los garbanzos

Françaisgagner sa vie

Portuguêsganhar a vida

13 more languages

العربيةارتزق

Danskdagen og vejen

Suomitulla toimeen

Magyarmegél

Íslenskakomast af

Italianoguadagnarsi da vivere

日本語暮暮らしを立てる生計を立てる食べていく

Latinamereō

Nederlandszich in zijn levensonderhoud voorzien

Polskiutrzymać się utrzymywać się

Русскийзарабатывать на жизнь заработать на жизнь

ไทยทำมาหากิน

Tiếng Việtkiếm sống

Examples

“You found paradise in America. You had a good trade ⟳, made a good living.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

make a long arm make a meal of make a mistake make a mockery of make a monkey out of make a mountain out of a molehill

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