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单词
to live hand to mouth
释义
to live hand to mouth
phrase
If someone
lives hand to mouth
or
lives from hand to mouth
, they have hardly enough food or money to live on.
I have a wife and two children and we live from hand to mouth on what I earn.
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Examples of 'to live hand to mouth' in a sentence
to live hand to mouth
Both men take precariousness for granted, expecting to live hand-to-mouth against a background of constant anxiety about losing the little they have.
The Times Literary Supplement
(
2016
)
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to stand at
to stand comparison with sth to bear comparison
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to stand firm
to stand for parliament
to stand guard
to stand/keep still
to stand on ceremony
to stand on one's own two feet
to stand on your own two feet
to stand or fall
to stand or hold one's ground
to stand or wait in line
to stand sb a drink/meal
to stand someone in good stead
to stand/step/move aside
to stand sth on/in sth
to stand three deep
to stand to/at attention
to stand to gain/lose sth
to stand trial
to stand up and be counted
to-stand-your-ground
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