catch-as-catch-can

the best one can do with whatever is available. We went hitchhiking for a week and lived catch-as-catch-can. There were ten children in our family, and every meal was catch-as-catch-can.

catch-as-catch-can

(American)

achieved any way that is possible and not in a planned way We were working round the clock to finish the project so food and sleep were catch-as-catch-can.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anabela	-	Portuguese
Mariazinha	-	Portuguese
Jacinta	hah-THEEN-tah (Spanish), hah-SEEN-tah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Vulcan	VUL-kən (English)	Roman Mythology
Jan (1)	YAHN (Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, German)	Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Slovene, German, Catalan
Ursula	['ə:sjulə]