live off

“Whilst editor of Avanti He began an affair with Ida Dalser, who had His child and allowed Him to live off her money.”

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

“Then there are the good, kind somnambulists who don't prize-fight, who don't play the commercial game, who don't teach and preach somnambulism, who don't do anything except live off of the dividends that are coined out of the wan, white fluid that runs in the veins of little children, out of mothers 'tears, the blood of strong men, and the groans and sighs of the old.”

The Somnambulists

“In return, the Crims were learning everything about the wild, how to hunt and fish and live off the land, gathering the knowledge of the pre-Rusties before it was lost again.”

Simon & Schuster: SPECIALS

“When I tell her that I am building a farm and plan to live off it alone for a month come harvesttime, she says, I knew it.”

Simon & Schuster: MY EMPIRE OF DIRT

“These scavenger nerds and nebbishes had to learn new skills as the grocery warehouses and department store stockrooms tapped out and we were forced to live off the largesse of the land.”

Simon & Schuster: Our American King

“Except for Tolmeran, the High Lords were of the opinion that the army could carry what it needed to cross the plain and then could live off Illian; there seemed to be a certain relish in the thought of stripping their ancient enemy's lands to the ground like a swarm of locusts.”

Lord of Chaos

“She couldn't very well try to live off Tommy anymore, and regardless of the rush and the sense that she was serving nature's cause by taking only the weak and the sick, she didn't like the idea of preying on humans — strangers anyway.”

You Suck

“Over his very long life, Elijah Ben Sapir had been hunted, beaten, tortured, drowned, impaled, imprisoned, and even burned on two occasions — tolerance for those who live off the lifeblood of others being what it is — but in eight centuries, this was the first time he had been flash-fried by a tricked-out Honda.”

You Suck

“The couple, along with their two daughters, reportedly live off the high-six-figure paycheck they received for selling their wedding video and reside in a beachfront home in a Seattle suburb.5”

Simon & Schuster: HOW EVIL WORKS