Some people may manage their finances badly and therefore have to go short of essentials.有些人可能极不善于理财，因而不得不缺衣少食地将就过活。As long as I have a job my children will never go short.只要我还有份工作，我的孩子就绝对不会缺衣少食。They endured five years of privation during the war.战争期间，他们忍受了五年缺衣少食的生活。