keep body and soul together

 
C2
to be able to pay for your food, clothing, and somewhere to live:
His wages are barely enough to keep body and soul together.
 Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Coping and not coping

 balancing act
 be left holding the bag idiom
 bear up
 bite
 bite off more than  you  can chew idiom
 cut
 heat
 hold
 juggling
 keep the wolf from the door idiom
 keep  your  head above water idiom
 keep/hold  your  end up idiom
 live (from) hand to mouth idiom
 manage
 roll
 sink or swim idiom
 stride
 subsist
 subsistence
 take  sth  in stride idiom
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keep an eye out for  something idiom

keep at something
keep at sth
keep away
keep body and soul together idiom
keep count (of  something) idiom
keep down something
keep faith with sth/sb idiom
keep from doing sth

Meaning of keep your head above water in English

 

keep your head above water

 

C2

to just be able to manage, especially when you have financial difficulties:

The business is in trouble, but we are just
about keeping our heads above water.

be left holding the bag

US (UK be left holding the baby)
 

to suddenly have to deal with
a difficult situation because others have decided that they do
not want the responsibility:
The other investors pulled out of the project and we were left holding the bag.