LIVE FROM HAND TO MOUTH


Meaning of LIVE FROM HAND TO MOUTH in English

{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 to mouth on berries, nuts, and roots./

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