make a living (third-person singular simple present makes a living, present participle making a living, simple past and past participle made a living)
- To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:make a living
- Hyponyms: get by, keep body and soul together
- (of animals) To manage to find enough food to survive.
earn enough income
- Arabic: اِرْتَزَقَ (irtazaqa)
- Catalan: guanyar-se la vida (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 搵食／揾食 (wan2 sik6)
- Mandarin: 過活／过活 (zh) (guòhuó), 營生／营生 (zh) (yíngshēng), 謀生／谋生 (zh) (móushēng), 糊口 (zh) (húkǒu), 混飯吃／混饭吃 (zh) (hùnfànchī)
- Czech: uživit se
- Dutch: zich in zijn levensonderhoud voorzien
- Finnish: tulla toimeen (fi), ansaita elantonsa
- French: gagner sa vie (fr)
- German: sich seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen (sich in dative case)
- Greek: βγάζω το ψωμί μου (vgázo to psomí mou)
- Hungarian: él (hu) (with -ból/-ből), megél (hu)
- Icelandic: komast af
- Italian: guadagnarsi da vivere
- Japanese: 生計を立てる (seikei o tateru), 食べていく (tabete iku), 暮らしを立てる (kurashi o tateru)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: mereo
- Polish: zarabiać na życie
- Portuguese: ganhar a vida
- Romanian: a-și câștiga existența, a-și câștiga traiul
- Russian: зараба́тывать на жизнь impf (zarabátyvatʹ na žiznʹ), зарабо́тать на жизнь pf (zarabótatʹ na žiznʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: thoir aran
- Slovak: uživiť sa
- Spanish: ganarse la vida (es), ganarse las lentejas, ganarse las habichuelas, ganarse los garbanzos
- Swedish: försörja sig, tjäna sitt levebröd
- Thai: ทำมาหากิน (th) (tam-maa-hǎa-gin)
- Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: kiếm sống
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