adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hand-to-mouth existence (= with just enough food or money to live )
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The survivors lived a hand-to-mouth existence until they were rescued.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alice thought it sounded a hand-to-mouth existence.
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As always, this winter most labourers will live a hand-to-mouth existence until the grapes are ready for thinning in late August.
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Therefore, in the bleak aftermath of war, he lived a hand-to-mouth existence in the less attractive areas of London.