live paycheck to paycheck

/L AY1 V P EY0 CH EH0 K T UW0 P EY0 CH EH0 K/
verb
  1. 1

    (US, idiomatic) To have the entirety of one's earnings consumed by living expenses, thus having nothing left over to save; to make just enough (money, etc.) to survive; to scratch by.

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