ADJ.
below, living
VERB + BREADLINE
falling, walk
PREP.
on
noun
A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
I do not think anyone of us can walk by a breadline and see even the most unkempt and raggedy man in the line without saying to himself, "There but for the grace of God."
Breadlines and social agencies, while staffing women, employed more men and served more men, making women a minority in the visual landscape.
The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level.
Every day brings new worries about falling below the breadline.
[…] and she wasn't used to cash, living on the breadline with a kid to bring up.
In a situation of extreme poverty; relying on food donations or having only enough to survive.
She wasn't on the breadline exactly, but she didn't have an awful lot of spare cash to throw around, and she always, always lived within her means.
I do not think anyone of us can walk by a breadline and see even the most unkempt and raggedy man in the line without saying to himself, "There but for the grace of God."
WiktionaryBreadlines and social agencies, while staffing women, employed more men and served more men, making women a minority in the visual landscape.
WiktionaryEvery day brings new worries about falling below the breadline.
WiktionaryNowadays people in Venezuela are on the breadline.
Tatoeba · #5225019I am living on the breadline even though I am always working hard.
Tatoeba · #8300460i Register
In some senses, breadline is marked as figuratively, US, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.