英語中，keep body and soul together 是一個有趣的習語中，將身體和靈魂保持到一起，很有詩意是吧？但是這個習語的真正意思卻是「僅能維持生活」，有些難以想像。今天我們一起通過幾個例句來學習一下它的用法。
例句1：She hardly eats enough to keep body and soul together.
她沒有足夠的食物來維持生活。
例句2： I toiled for them all the year round, but I could hardly keep body and soul together.
我為他們一年到頭幹活，卻難以維持生活。
例句3：Tom was unemployed. Most of the year he hardly made enough money to keep body and soul together.
湯姆失業了，一年當中有很多時候幾乎掙不到足夠的錢來維持生計。
例句4：Tom had to rely on money borrowed at usury to keep body and soul together.
湯姆要靠借高利貸勉強餬口。
例句5：The family managed to keep body and soul together on his low salary.
全家人都靠他微薄的工資設法維持生法。
通過以上的例句學習，大家可以看到這個習語真的很實用，希望在今後的學習中多加運用。