B1🍝 Food
Mangiare pane e cipolla
to live on almost nothing
Literal Translation
"To eat bread and onion"
What it means
To live very simply / to make do with very little
Example in context
"Da studente mangiavo pane e cipolla, ma ero felice."
"As a student I lived on almost nothing, but I was happy."
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