SURVIVEto continue to exist with only just enough food, money etc 勉强维持生活,挣钱糊口 He’s working at the shop to keep body and soul together. 他在这家商店里工作以维持生计。
keep body and soul together• Struggling peasants they'd be for the most part, trying to keep body and soul together in difficult times.
→ keep body and soul together at body(3)