to live from hand to mouth
11from hand to mouth — See: LIVE FROM HAND TO MOUTH …
12from\ hand\ to\ mouth — See: live from hand to mouth …
13from 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 …
14live from hand to mouth — living on the edge of poverty, barely making ends meet …
15live from hand to mouth — to have just enough money or food to stay alive …
16live hand to mouth — live (from) hand to mouth to have just enough money to live on and nothing extra. My father earned very little and there were four of us kids so we lived from hand to mouth …
17From hand to hand — 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 …
18hand-to-mouth — live (from) hand to mouth to have just enough money to live on and nothing extra. Low wages mean a hand to mouth existence for many people. (always before noun) …
19hand-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 …
20hand-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 …