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
Mayes	[meiz]
Mykhailo	-	Ukrainian
Mathilde	ma-TEELD (French), mah:-TIL-də (Dutch)	French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
CÁRthach	-	Irish
Saral	-	Indian, Hindi
Priam	PRIE-əm (English)	Greek Mythology (Anglicized)