hand to mouth

Speech parts

1. hand to mouth - Adjective

2. hand to mouth - Adverb

3. hand to mouth - Phrase

4. hand to mouth - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

with barely enough money for immediate needs

providing only bare essentials

Alternative names

hand-to-mouth

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Examples

they lived form hand to mouth Source: Internet

a hand-to-mouth existence Source: Internet

A lot needs to change in terms of the kind of atmosphere we work in. Look at other countries, there needs to be a proper system, not like how we are hand-to-mouth in TV business here.” Source: Internet

As lead paint deteriorates, it peels, is pulverized into dust and then enters the body through hand-to-mouth contact or through contaminated food, water or alcohol. Source: Internet

Kerala Loose Tea Traders operated hand to mouth, while State Civil Supplies, one of the major blenders, lent fair support. Source: Internet

I’m in good shape but some guys that really depend on this for a living, they live hand to mouth and week to week,” says Byrnes. Source: Internet

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