Take the living
Medieval workers who took their livings from the river Thames.
I saw the phrase in a book and as I know we make our living not take it! What does it mean?
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We can also take a living from a thing, but you don't see that very often. The writer is saying that the river itself provides the living. If it had been "make", it would also have had to be "on" (who made their livings on the river Thames), and that would mean that they were actually on the river, like a ferryman, maybe.
- We can also take a living from a thing, but you don't see that very often.
- The writer is saying that the river itself provides the living.
- If it had been "make", it would also have had to be "on" (who made their livings on the river Thames), and that would mean that they were actually on the river, like a ferryman, maybe.
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We can also take a living from a thing, but you don't see that very often. The writer is saying that the river itself provides the living. If it had been "make", it would also have had to be "on" (who made their livings on the river Thames), and that would mean that they were actually on the river, like a ferryman, maybe.
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