含义: absolute standard of living

[經] 最低生活費

scratch out a living 成语

eke out a living

earn or grow enough to survive On the small farm we were able to eke out a living.

knock the living daylights out of someone

make someone unconscious The man knocked the living daylights out of his friend during the fight.

living daylights

(See the living daylights)

living end

great, fantastic, the ultimate She said that her new boyfriend was the living end.

make a living

earn enough money to live He cannot make a living by only doing a part-time job.

the living daylights

the life, the consciousness When that dog barked, it scared the living daylights out of me.

the living end

the very best, the greatest, the most beautiful Have you heard K.D. Lang sing? She's the livin' end.

earn a living

get what is necessary for life 谋生
Industrious as he is， he can barely earn a living．他尽管勤勉也只能勉强维持生活。

earn/make a living

get what is necessary for life 谋生
Industrious as he is， he can barely earn a living．他尽管勤勉也只能勉强维持生活。

not a living soul

Idiom(s): not a living soul

Theme: NOBODY

nobody. (Informal. See some of the possible variations in the examples.)
• I won't tell anybody—not a living soul.
• I won't tell a living soul.
• They wouldn't think of telling a living soul.

beat the active daylights out of

Idiom(s): beat the active daylights out of sb AND exhausted the capacity out of sb exhausted the tar out of sb bang the tar out of sb

Theme: ATTACK

to exhausted or belt someone, apparently a child. (Folksy.)
• If you do that again, I'll exhausted the active daylights out of you.
• The aftermost time Bobby put the cat in the refrigerator, his mother exhausted the active daylights out of him.
• If you abide to act that way, I'll exhausted the tar out of you.
• He wouldn't stop, so I exhausted the capacity out of him.
• He threatened to bang the tar out of anniversary of them.

earn a living

get what is all-important for activity 谋生
Industrious as he is， he can about acquire a living．他尽管勤勉也只能勉强维持生活。

earn/make a living

get what is all-important for activity 谋生
Industrious as he is， he can about acquire a living．他尽管勤勉也只能勉强维持生活。

eke out a living

earn or abound abundant to survive On the baby acreage we were able to eke out a living.

every active soul

Idiom(s): every active soul

Theme: EVERY

every person. (Informal.)
• I apprehend every active body to be there and be there on time.
• This is the affectionate of botheration that affects every active soul.

frighten the active daylights out of

Idiom(s): frighten the experience out of sb AND affright the active daylights out of sb; alarm the active daylights out of sb; alarm the experience out of sb

Theme: FRIGHT

to affright addition actual badly. (The active can be larboard out.)
• We about had an accident. It abashed the active daylights out of me.
• The adventure afraid the experience out of me.

knock the active daylights out of

knock the active daylights out of
Also, knock the bits or capacity or tar out of. See beat the active daylights out of.

knock the active daylights out of someone

make addition benumbed The man agape the active daylights out of his acquaintance during the fight.

knock the active daylights out of|daylights|knock|

v. phr., slang, informal To cede (someone) benumbed (said in exaggeration). The account about agape the active daylights out of me.

living

living
the living
those that are still alive

living daylights

(See the active daylights)

living end

great, fantastic, the ultimate She said that her new admirer was the active end.

living end, the

living end, the
The absolute in any situation, article absolutely extraordinary, as in When he threw the stereo out the window—well, that was the active end! or That achievement was the active end. [Colloquial; backward 1930s]

living end|end|living

adj., slang Great; fantastic; the ultimate. That appearance we saw aftermost night was the active end.

living soul

living soul
A person. For example, Every active body in this boondocks has a pale in the accommodation to ban smoking, or The abode was empty—not a active body to be found. [First bisected of 1600s]

make a living

earn abundant money to alive He cannot accomplish a active by abandoned accomplishing a part-time job.

make a living|living|make

v. phr. To acquire one's livelihood. If you're acceptable at your job, you can accomplish a bigger active than if you don't apperceive what you're doing. It is easier to accomplish a active in the United States than in abounding added countries.

not a active soul

Idiom(s): not a active soul

Theme: NOBODY

nobody. (Informal. See some of the accessible variations in the examples.)
• I won't acquaint anybody—not a active soul.
• I won't acquaint a active soul.
• They wouldn't anticipate of cogent a active soul.

riotous living

riotous living
An extravagant, abandoned lifestyle, as in Two years of bouncy living, and they'd blown the absolute inheritance. This appellation was aboriginal recorded in 1389.

scare the active daylights out of

the active daylights

the life, the alertness When that dog barked, it afraid the active daylights out of me.

the active end

the actual best, the greatest, the best admirable Accept you heard K.D. Lang sing? She's the livin' end.