英语词汇“from hand to mouth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. from hand to mouth: by consuming food as soon as it is obtained; with attention to immediate wants only; in poverty, without provision for the future; improvidently. See also hand-to-mouth adj.

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a1500 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Sloane) (1890) 43 (MED) Þey can none oþer shifte but fro þe hande to þe mowthe [Fr. de mayn en gule].

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxlvii^v Theyr vayne myndes to farther thynges is dull Saue on that whiche from hande to mouth is brought.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxviii. 11) Hungery folkes that are fed from hand too mouth.

1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 18 They only obserue times and seasons, and liue of what the Country naturally affordeth from hand to mouth.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 56 No supply, But just from hand to mouth, no Granary.

1770 J. Wesley Let. 12 May (1931) V. 189 I myself seldom have any money beforehand. I live, as I may say, from hand to mouth.

1790 W. Cowper Let. 5 Feb. (1982) III. 343 I subsist as the poor are vulgarly said to do, from hand to mouth.

1825 London Mag. Dec. 475 Ephemeral people, living from hand to mouth.

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady Introd. 14 We in the country are one and all living from hand to mouth.

1929 M. Samuel tr. S. Levin Childhood in Exile 46 He was a Luftmensch, living from hand to mouth.

1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) ix. 364 You just live from hand to mouth but always seem to be having fun.

单词	from hand to mouth
释义	> as lemmas from hand to mouth d. from hand to mouth: by consuming food as soon as it is obtained; with attention to immediate wants only; in poverty, without provision for the future; improvidently. See also hand-to-mouth adj. ΚΠ a1500 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Sloane) (1890) 43 (MED) Þey can none oþer shifte but fro þe hande to þe mowthe [Fr. de mayn en gule]. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxlvii^v Theyr vayne myndes to farther thynges is dull Saue on that whiche from hande to mouth is brought. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxviii. 11) Hungery folkes that are fed from hand too mouth. 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 18 They only obserue times and seasons, and liue of what the Country naturally affordeth from hand to mouth. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 56 No supply, But just from hand to mouth, no Granary. 1770 J. Wesley Let. 12 May (1931) V. 189 I myself seldom have any money beforehand. I live, as I may say, from hand to mouth. 1790 W. Cowper Let. 5 Feb. (1982) III. 343 I subsist as the poor are vulgarly said to do, from hand to mouth. 1825 London Mag. Dec. 475 Ephemeral people, living from hand to mouth. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady Introd. 14 We in the country are one and all living from hand to mouth. 1929 M. Samuel tr. S. Levin Childhood in Exile 46 He was a Luftmensch, living from hand to mouth. 1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) ix. 364 You just live from hand to mouth but always seem to be having fun. extracted from handn. < as lemmas
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