What does "scrape by" mean?

To barely manage financially To survive with great difficulty on little money.

How do you use "scrape by" in a sentence?

We're just scraping by. I scraped by on minimum wage. They scrape by somehow.

Phrasal Verb BritishAmericanAustralian ★★★★☆ Common informal

含义: To barely manage financially

勉强糊口、艰难度日

Ir tirando a duras penas, vivir con lo justo

ぎりぎりでやりくりする、細々と生活する

빠듯하게 살아가다, 간신히 버티다

To survive with great difficulty on little money.

用很少的钱非常艰难地维持生活。比"get by"更困难。

Sobrevivir con gran dificultad y poco dinero. Más difícil que "get by".

少ないお金で非常に苦労しながら何とか生活すること。「get by」よりも困窮している状態。

적은 돈으로 매우 힘겹게 생활하다.

Base verb: scrape

Particle: by

Separable: No — the verb and particle stay together

We're just scraping by.
我们只是勉强糊口
Vamos tirando a duras penas
ぎりぎりの生活をしている
빠듯하게 겨우 살고 있다.
I scraped by on minimum wage.
我靠最低工资艰难度日
Sobreviví a duras penas con el salario mínimo
最低賃金で何とかやりくりした
최저임금으로 간신히 버텼다.
They scrape by somehow.
他们不知怎么勉强维持着
Ellos van tirando de alguna manera
彼らは何とかぎりぎりでやっている
그들은 어떻게든 겨우 살아가고 있다.

语境: survival, struggling, poverty

语气: struggling

From scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal