http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatchAsCatchCan/cnmgc/post.htm#234521Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:10:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234521Dave3210http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatchAsCatchCan/cnmgc/post.htm#234521http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-234521.xmlThankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CatchAsCatchCan/cnmgc/post.htm#234488Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:10:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234488Marius Hancu1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatchAsCatchCan/cnmgc/post.htm#234488http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-234488.xmlYou're close in terms of meaning. Search at Yahoo with "catch as catch can" dictionary (quotation marks are important) and you will find dictionary pages on it such as this one: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/25/messages/1004.htmlhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CatchAsCatchCan/cnmgc/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 00:10:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234483Dave3212http://www.englishforums.com/English/CatchAsCatchCan/cnmgc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-234483.xmlHi, I'm new to the forum and would like to ask about the phrase "catch as catch can". I think it means something along the lines of just making due and finding odd jobs as they come but I'm really not sure. Does anyone know the origin of this phrase. On a side note is anyone familiar with "catch as catch can" wrestling? It was performed at circuses in which wrestlers would roll around in search for a "submission" hold. At first it was just pins and a game that local strong men would play with circus folk. After local strong man began betting on their matches and cheating "claiming they were not pinned, grabbing the eyes, etc", the circus evented the "catch as catch can style" so their was no dispute of who won(the loser was forced...