Comments on: Live on https://plainenglish.com/expressions/live-on/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:15:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/live-on/#comment-16679 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:12:38 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10231#comment-16679 In reply to Huy.

perfect

]]> By: Huy https://plainenglish.com/expressions/live-on/#comment-16671 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:22:42 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10231#comment-16671 In reply to Jeff.

Thank you, a significant number of people in informal settlements in Vietnam live on less than $2 a day.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/live-on/#comment-16664 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:16:10 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10231#comment-16664 In reply to Huy.

“Live on” is perfect. “More or less” is probably not necessary. You can just say, “…settlements in Vietnam live on less than $2 a day.”

]]> By: Huy https://plainenglish.com/expressions/live-on/#comment-16640 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:35:05 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10231#comment-16640 A significant number of people in informal settlements in Vietnam more or less live on less than $2 a day.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/live-on/#comment-980 Mon, 24 May 2021 00:31:46 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10231#comment-980 In reply to EVERSON ZIN.

Is this a boxing example? I think some boxers live on minimal calories before they weigh in.

]]> By: EVERSON ZIN https://plainenglish.com/expressions/live-on/#comment-971 Thu, 20 May 2021 09:21:04 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=10231#comment-971 When you decide toolset weight , you live on durant the period a minimal calories .

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