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11from\ hand\ to\ mouth — See: live from hand to mouth …
12hand-to-mouth — adjective providing only bare essentials a hand to mouth existence • Similar to: ↑meager, ↑meagre, ↑meagerly, ↑stingy, ↑scrimpy * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : having or providing nothing to spare or having or providing bare …
13live\ from\ hand\ to\ mouth — v. phr. To live on little money and spend it as fast as it comes in; live without saving for the future; have just enough. Mr. Johnson got very little pay, and the family lived from hand to mouth when he had no job. These Indians live from hand… …
14live from hand to mouth — If you live from hand to mouth, you don t have any money to save because whatever you earn is spent on food and other essentials. Most families in that area live from hand to mouth …
15hand-to-mouth — {adj.} Not providing for the future; living from day to day; not saving for later. * /Many native tribes lead a hand to mouth existence, content to have food for one day at a time./ * /John is not a saving boy; he spends his money without thought …
16hand-to-mouth — {adj.} Not providing for the future; living from day to day; not saving for later. * /Many native tribes lead a hand to mouth existence, content to have food for one day at a time./ * /John is not a saving boy; he spends his money without thought …
17hand-to-mouth — adj Not providing for the future; living from day to day; not saving for later. Many native tribes lead a hand to mouth existence, content to have food for one day at a time. John is not a saving boy; he spends his money without thought for the… …
18from hand to mouth — phrasal : with provision sufficient only for present needs : precariously always poor and living from hand to mouth vagrants who live happily from hand to mouth Brooks Atkinson …
19To live from hand to mouth — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
20live from hand to mouth — living on the edge of poverty, barely making ends meet …