Many people without jobs are living on the breadline .
很多没工作的人生活十分贫苦。
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。
Otherwise , even a return to brisk economic growth ( something that scarcely looks likely right now ) will not be enough to rescue them from the breadline .
否则，就算迅猛的经济增长（现在看起来不大可能）也不足以将他们从贫困线上解救出来。
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 .
