hold on for dear life

to use a lot of effort to keep something With so few jobs available, workers are holding on for dear life to the jobs they already have.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hadiyya	-	Arabic
LucrÈCe	-	French
Liviana	lee-VYAH-nah (Italian)	Italian, Ancient Roman
Fedele	fe-DE-le	Italian
Badulf	-	Ancient Germanic
Paol	-	Breton