Food & eating
live on
eat mainly
To live on a particular food is to eat it as a main part of your diet, often because it is cheap or convenient.
Hear it in real life
How did you afford food while travelling?
I lived on bread, fruit, and cheap noodles.
During my first year at university, I lived on soup and toast.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I lived with pasta when I was a student.
Say: I lived on pasta when I was a student.
Use "live on" for the food or money that supports you.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
live on rice; live on a small income; lived on instant noodles
Your turn: say it out loud
During my first year at university, I lived on soup and toast.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
live on
eat mainly
“During my first year at university, I lived on soup and toast.”
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