bread and water

During a stint playing for Leicestershire he whisked his wife Bertha away for a romantic break in Paris but his sister said the couple survived "on bread and water" as Hansie baulked at prices in the French capital.

“People know corruption is like bread and water to the Nassau Republican Party and this is just another example of it.”

“My children are dying because of poverty. All I can feed them is dry bread, and water that I warm up by keeping it out under the sun,” Amina says, nearly shouting in anguish.

Millions are surviving on dry bread and water.

"During the day, people try to look for essential items such as bread and water, and at night people try to stay alive," she said.