catch as catch can
By any means
Catch as catch can describes getting by with whatever means are available, without a fixed method or system.
The phrase suggests improvisation and resourcefulness in difficult circumstances: With three kids and two jobs, dinner was catch as catch can.
Originally a wrestling term for a style with few restrictions on holds.
- expediencyPrioritizing practicality over ethics
- improvisePerform without preparation
- wing itAct without preparation
- impromptuWithout advance preparation
- come what mayDespite any consequences
grapple · rough and tumble · dog-eat-dog · no-holds-barred · anything goes · unrehearsed · wrestle · free-for-all · clinch · jury-rigged · ad hoc · spontaneous · freestyle · patchwork · slapdash · fly by night · resourcefulness · scrape by
catch as catch canmethodical
Organized and deliberate
systematic · organized · by the book · according to plan · orderly
catch as catch canabundant
Existing in great quantity
choosy · selective · discriminating · spoiled for choice · lavish