short rations
Example Sentences
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Even for poetry - accustomed to existing on short rations - things were looking bleak.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2019
Wispy-white-maned Antonio Segni, who looks like a Shakespearean bit-player on short rations, seemed the last man in the world to repair it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The traditional granary of central Europe was on short rations and forced to import grain.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, he said, it was the encircled Germans who burrowed into cellars, turned into "bearded beasts" and subsisted on short rations of horse meat.
From Time Magazine Archive
“It’s short rations all around. Besides, you can graze.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
