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Old November 26, 2011, 06:13 PM
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How do we say this expression in English?
It means that people like spending all the money they earn, not saving anything.
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Old November 26, 2011, 06:16 PM
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In Mexico it means that one earns so little money that one cannot actually save anything for the future.
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Old November 26, 2011, 06:21 PM
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To live "from day to day" is what I have heard
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Old November 26, 2011, 06:29 PM
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what about live from paycheck to paycheck
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Old November 26, 2011, 06:36 PM
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Sure, that works, but only if one has a paying job - which is sadly not the case these days for many people. Another option could be "to live from hand to mouth" since that implies having only enough for the moment.
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. Another option could be "to live from hand to mouth" since that implies having only enough for the moment.
Yes, that's the expression given by my dictionary, and widely used at least in the UK.
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what about live from paycheck to paycheck
This is the most common phrase. Even though not everyone gets a paycheck, it still is the most common way in the US to express the idea that they spend everything they make.

You could say "living day to day" as well. This is even more severe. It is really a hierarchy.

Living month to month.
Living paycheck to paycheck.
Living day to day.
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You could say "living day to day" as well. This is even more severe. It is really a hierarchy.
I think "living day to day" risks being understood as fighting severe depression or drug withdrawal.
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How do we say this expression in English?
It means that people like spending all the money they earn, not saving anything.
The definition here isn't the same as the meaning of the Spanish saying.

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Sure, that works, but only if one has a paying job - which is sadly not the case these days for many people. Another option could be "to live from hand to mouth" since that implies having only enough for the moment.
I agree that this is a good equivalent of the saying.
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It means that people like spending all the money they earn, not saving anything.
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In Mexico it means that one earns so little money that one cannot actually save anything for the future.
I think both meanings are used in Spain.
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