{adj. phr.} Using any means or method; unplanned; free. * /Rip van Winkle seems to have led a catch-as-catch-can life./ * /Politics is rather a catch-as-catch-can business./ Compare: HIT-OR-MISS.
CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN
Meaning of CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012