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hand-to-mouth

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hand-to-mouth (hndt-mouth)
adj.
Having or providing only the bare essentials: a hand-to-mouth existence.
hand to mouth adv.
hand-to-mouth
Adjective
with barely enough money or food to live on
Adverb
with barely enough money or food to live on
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hand-to-mouth - providing only bare essentials; "a hand-to-mouth existence"
meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
Translations
hand-to-mouth [ˈhændtəˈmauθ] adj [existence] → precario
hand-to-mouth [ˈhændtəˈmauθ] adj [existence] → au jour le jour
hand-to-mouth [ˈhændtəˈmauθ] adj to lead a hand-to-mouth existence → von der Hand in den Mund leben
hand-to-mouth [ˈhændtəˈmauθ] adj [existence] → precario/a


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It showed an eagerness for adventure, a readiness for the hand-to-mouth, which the care she took of her home and her love of good housewifery made not a little remarkable.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Billy had failed to get regular employment; so she saw much of him, and they lived a prosperous and happy hand-to-mouth existence in the tiny cottage they rented.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
Such were the sort of scrapes they were always getting into; and so, partly by their own faults, partly from circumstances, partly from the faults of others, they found themselves outlaws, ticket-of-leave men, or what you will in that line--in short, dangerous parties--and lived the sort of hand-to-mouth, wild, reckless life which such parties generally have to put up with.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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