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НА ХЛЕБАХНА ХЛЕБА
PrepPthese forms onlythe resulting
PrepP is
usu. adv 1. на хлебах у кого жить, на хлеба к кому идти both obs (to live or begin to live) in s.o. 's home, paying money in exchange for lodging and meals: (get) room and board (in s.o. 's home)
(be (become)) a boarder (in $.оЛ home).
2. на хлебах чьих жить, на хлеба чьи идти, держать кого на своих хлебах и т. п. all old-fash, coll to be or become s.o. 's dependent or have s.o. as one's dependent
X живёт на Y-овых хлебах = X is supported by Y
X lives at Y's expenseX lives off (of) Y
Y держит X-a на своих хлебах = Y keeps X (in Yb home (here etc)) at Y's expense.