(idiomatic) To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain.

Alternative spelling of day-to-day

(idiomatic) Diversity is essential: the world would be incomplete if everyone were alike; an expression of surprise at a person or people's eccentricity.

(US, idiomatic) To have the entirety of what one earns consumed by living expenses, thus having nothing left over to save; make just enough (money, etc.) to survive; to scratch by.

Alternative spelling of toehold

(intransitive, of an activity) To come to a standstill, or cease to be productive or make progress, due to an obstacle.

(law) A stop or pause by a party to an action in order to ask the court to determine the question of whether the evidence as it stands ought to be admitted, based on the law of admissibility of evidence.

To the level of living tissue. / Very deeply; at one's most sensitive level of feeling.

(transitive, figuratively) To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally. / (figuratively) To discuss the underlying sensitive or unpleasant root of a given topic.

(taxation) An individual's level of wealth or income, as a measure of the tax rate they can afford to pay.