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don't buy green bananasdon't make long-term plans as you may not live/survive long enough to accomplish them.Rate it:

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dress for the slide, not the rideWhen choosing clothing for riding a motorcycle, priority should be given to protective gear that helps one survive an accident.Rate it:

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hand-to-mouthInvolving immediate consumption with no provision for the future; having barely enough to survive, being close to povertyRate it:

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it's a jungle out thereRefers to a threatening environment where it is difficult to survive.Rate it:

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live onTo survive solely by consuming a certain thing.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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come throughTo survive.Rate it:

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ride outTo tackle a difficult problem and survive.Rate it:

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stand on one's own two feetTo be independent. To survive without any help.Rate it:

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keep one's head above waterTo survive or endure, especially in a situation in which one is struggling to avoid being overwhelmed by adverse financial circumstances.Rate it:

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come down to usTo survive to the present day; to be extant in some form.Rate it:

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get alongTo survive; to do well enough.Rate it:

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get byTo subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimum level.Rate it:

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hold outTo survive, endure.Rate it:

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hold upTo withstand; to stand up to; to survive.Rate it:

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last outTo survive or endureRate it:

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live throughTo survive a difficult period or eventRate it:

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make itTo survive, to live through something.Rate it:

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omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esseto outlive, survive all one's kin.Rate it:

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scrape alongto barely be able to surviveRate it:

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stand the gaff?Can You? 'withstand the demand?, 'weather the storm?' , 'survive the environment?', 'smile the miles', 'beat the HEAT?',Rate it:

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stand up toTo withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of.Rate it:

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take one's lumpsTo receive physical abuse and to survive.Rate it:

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walk awayTo survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm.Rate it:

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