on the street

Prepositional phrase

idiomatic

Japanese Meaning

（イディオム）住む場所がなく、十分な住居が得られない状態を示す。 / （イディオム）理論や実験室、教室などの環境ではなく、実際の現場や実務で使われる状況を示す。

After losing his job, he ended up on the street and struggled to find food.

仕事を失った後、彼はホームレスになり、食べ物を見つけるのに苦労した。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) Without a home; without the means to afford good shelter.

We haven't been able to pay rent for five months. Next month we'll be on the street.

Sense（2）

(idiomatic) In actual practice, as opposed to in a laboratory, classroom, etc.

But to work "on the street" is clearly quite different from "working the street."