hand to mouth

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with barely enough money for immediate needs; "they lived form hand to mouth"
with barely enough money for immediate needs; "they lived form hand to mouth
with barely enough for daily needs, with nothing to spare
having barely enough to survive, being close to poverty

She has been a widow these six or eight years, and has lived, I imagine, in rather a hand-to-mouth fashion.

(deyim) Having or providing only the bare essentials

A hand-to-mouth existence.

providing only bare essentials; "a hand-to-mouth existence"
{s} having barely enough for daily needs, having nothing to spare, providing only the necessities; precarious
A hand-to-mouth existence is a way of life in which you have hardly enough food or money to live on. The worst-paid live a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits. Hand-to-mouth is also an adverb. penniless students living hand-to-mouth. if you have a hand-to-mouth existence, you have only just enough money and food to live
hand to mouth

    الواصلة

    Hand to mouth

    التركية النطق

    händ tı mauth

    النطق

    /ˈhand tə ˈmouᴛʜ/ /ˈhænd tə ˈmaʊθ/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    [ 'hand ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German hant hand.
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