What is the concept of this sentense:"He plays ball for a living"
It is a sentence from a story called "Twilight" and the paragraph is:
"Why didn't you stay with them?"
I couldn't fathom his interest, but he continued to stare at me with penetrating eyes,
as if my dull life's story was somehow vitally important.
"Phil travels a lot. He plays ball for a living." I half-smiled.
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In this story, it definitely means he is a professional baseball player. If I remember though, he plays for a minor league team in the story and is not good enough to play for a Major League Baseball team.
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I am not sure of the context... if it is"play ball" as slang it means:
to agree to do what you have been told or encouraged to do.
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He earns his living by playing on a ball team of some sort.
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"A living" can mean "enough money to live on."
Examples of use:
"Before I retired, I wrote software for a living."
"Now that I am retired, I have savings and I get Social Security, so I no longer need to work for a living."
"I'm a substitute teacher, and when they call me in to work, they pay me--but it's not a living."
"He is devoted to playing the piano and he's very good, but it's still just a hobby. Not very many people are good enough to play it for a living."
"They just raised the minimum wage in Massachusetts to $10.00. That's better than it was before, but it still isn't a living wage."
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