earning a living
Making ends meet
Earning a living is making enough money to support oneself through work.
The phrase emphasizes that income is achieved through effort rather than inherited or given: She earns a living as a freelance writer.
Someone who earns an honest living works legitimately, often in contrast to criminal enterprise.
To barely earn a living is to scrape by financially.
- cashReady spending funds
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- paycheckCompensation for labor
employment · vocation · blue collar · white collar · wages · side hustle · job · barter trade · subsistence · gig worker · profession · breadwinner · nine to five · punch the clock · daily grind · rat race · occupation · freelancer
earning a livingnot working
Nonfunctional, needing repair
unemployment · joblessness · idleness · leisure · retirement
earning a livingold money
Long-established family fortune
generational wealth · unearned income · passive income · silver spoon
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