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Old April 16, 2010, 09:14 AM
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Exclamation Vivir a salto de tiro

It means to live without enough resources. To have difficulties to make money.
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To live from hand to mouth.
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Around here one can also say "vivir al día".
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In addition to what has already been mentioned:

To live from paycheck to paycheck...
To barely get by...
To barely make ends meet...
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To scrape by.
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