К-470

ИЗ КУЛЬКА В РОГОЖКУ substand PrepP Invar adv fixed WO

1. перебиваться \К-470 to live very poorly, suffer need, privations

X перебивается \К-470 - X barely makes ends meet (scrapes by, keeps his head above water)

X has a hard time making ends meet X lives from hand to mouth.

Теплякова - женщина тихая, многосемейная, вечно озабоченная... Без мужа живет, тоже бабе приходится из кулька в рогожку переворачиваться (Тендряков 1). Teplyakova was а quiet woman with a large family and lots of worries....She had no husband, and had a hard time making ends meet (1a).

2. попасть - (to go) from a bad situation to a worse one

out of the frying pan into the fire.