If you lose your livelihood you could end up on the breadline.

如果你丢去了你谋生手段，那你会沦落到靠着救济过日子。

What would breadlines during a pandemic have looked like? Do we want to know?

疫情期间排队领取救济队伍会是什么样子? 我道吗?

So, being " on the breadline" describes someone who depends on food donations to survive.

因此，" on the breadline" 是形容某靠着食物捐赠过活。

A " breadline" is a line of people seeking food from a charity or government agency.

" breadline（待救济队伍）" 指是一行向慈善机构或者政府机构寻求食物。

Oftentimes, dinner was served in breadlines and soup kitchens.

通常， 晚餐是在排队领面包队伍和施粥处提供。

I mean, really on the breadline or below it.

我意思是， 真在面包线上或下方。

Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.

处于贫困线上实非常贫穷。

From putting me on the breadline and you behind bars.

到时我就等着丢饭碗 你就等着蹲号子吧。

So once the economy is disrupted like this, lots of people find themselves without a real safety net on the breadline.

因此，一旦经济像这样被打乱，很多就会发现自己在救济金线上没有真正安全网。

Well, just make sure you stay on his daughter's good side too. If you guys break up, you might find yourself on the breadline.

好吧，你也要站在他女儿这边。如果你分手话，你可能会发现自己生活清贫。

You could be a millionaire and still get the state pension or you could be somebody on the breadlines is another thing that's really coming under scrutiny.

你可能是百万富翁， 但仍能领取国家养老金， 或者你可能是靠救济金生存， 这是另一件真正受到审查事情。

Instead of well-fed Americans driving to good jobs in new cars, by the end of Hoover's term, they stood in breadlines or sold apples on street corners.

到胡佛任期结束时，他不再是吃得饱喝足美国开着新车去找好工作，而是站在面包线上或在街角卖苹果。

Farm Belt towns were deserted; in New York City, public school leaders said that about 20,000 children were malnourished; formerly self-reliant men stood in breadlines waiting for soup.

农场带城镇空无一;在纽约市，公立学校领导表示，大约有 20,000 名儿童营养不良;以前自力更生男站在面包线上等待汤。