eking out
Stretching meager resources
Eking out means stretching a limited supply to make it last: eking out their rations until rescue arrived.
The phrase often describes barely getting by—eking out a living, eking out an existence.
You can also eke out a victory or advantage, meaning to achieve it narrowly or with difficulty.
- scrimpSpend very sparingly
- managingDirecting or controlling something
- getting byBarely managing adequately
- scraping byBarely having enough
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
living lean · sustaining · survival · bare minimum · rations · economizing · tight budget · tenacity · hardship · resilience · scarcity · stretching · hand-to-mouth · day to day · endurance · making ends meet · frugality · conservation
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
abundance vs. scarcity
eking outthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · prospering · rolling in wealth · living large · rolling in it