catch as catch can

achieved any way that is possible and not in a planned way Without a school to go to, her education was catch as catch can.

catch as catch can

By whatever means or in any way possible, as in There was no formal language program; one simply learned Spanish catch as catch can. This term, in slightly varying versions but with the same meaning, dates from the late 1300s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Terese	te-RES (Swedish)	Basque, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Koharu	ko-hah-ṙoo	Japanese
Sherley	SHUR-lee	English (Rare)
Faithe	FAYTH	English (Rare)
Evgenia	yev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian), eev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian)	Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
DÖMÖTÖR	-	Hungarian