HAND-TO-MOUTH


Meaning of HAND-TO-MOUTH in English

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.

ADJ

Hand-to-mouth is also an adverb.

...penniless students living hand-to-mouth.

ADV : ADV after v

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