Learn the English Phrases "to scrape by" and "to scrape up"

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO SCRAPE BY and TO SCRAPE UPIn this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, to scrape by. Now, when you scrape by it can mean you're talking about money or succeeding at something, but just succeeding by a little bit. Here's a good example. You might say, my cousin doesn't make a lot of money at work, but he has enough money to scrape by. That means he can pay all his bills, but he doesn't have a lot o...