| Cope |
| Pass |
| Manage |
| Survive |
| To pass |
| Make do? |
| Just manage |
| Survive, just |
| Barely make it |
| Do well enough |
| Barely survive |
| Squeak through |
| Pass unnoticed |
| Manage, barely |
| Manage, somehow |
| Make ends meet? |
| Make it, barely |
| Manage to do okay |
| Survive adversity |
| Manage to survive |
| Survive day-to-day |
| Just barely make it |
| Survive or make ends meet |
| I'll ___ . . . ": 1928 song |
| Live paycheck to paycheck, say |
| Barely eke out a living: 2 wds. |
| Just survive from day to day: 2 wds. |
| Live paycheck to paycheck, albeit successfully |