Many people without jobs are living on the breadline these days.
最近很多失业游民生活在温饱线上。
Matthew worked in Father's dye factory, fortunate to have a job when most of the rest of the town stood on the breadline.
马修在父亲的染厂工作，镇上多数人都在排队领救济，他很幸运还有份工作。
Now, though many-perhaps most-zimbabweans are still on the breadline and 80% have no jobs, at least those in work can predict their income.
现在，即便很多，也许是大多数津巴布韦人仍旧在排队领面包，80%的人没有工作，但是至少那些有工作的能预见自己的收入。
One in three children in Britain today lives below the breadline, while bankers sulk if their annual bonus falls to a paltry million pounds.
今天，生活在大不列单的儿童，每三个中就有一个排在等待领取救济的队伍中，与此同时，银行家们因为年度分红略有下降而愠怒不已。
I thought of Matthew's mangled words, Toby's pocked cheeks, and the hungry people in the breadline waiting for loaves like soft round wishes.
我想着马修残缺不全的话语，托比那布满痘痕的脸颊，还有饥饿的人们排队等待救济面包就像等待一个个柔软的、圆圆的希望。
I thought of Matthew's mangled words, Toby's pocked cheeks, and the hungry people in the breadline waiting for loaves like soft round wishes.
我想着马修残缺不全的话语，托比那布满痘痕的脸颊，还有饥饿的人们排队等待救济面包就像等待一个个柔软的、圆圆的希望。
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