hand-to-mouth

[ hand-tuh-mouth ]

/ ˈhænd təˈmaʊθ /

adjective

offering or providing the barest livelihood, sustenance, or support; meager; precarious: a hand-to-mouth existence.

Origin of hand-to-mouth

First recorded in1500–10

Words nearby hand-to-mouth

hands up, handsy, hand-tailor, hand tight, hand-to-hand, hand-to-mouth, hand tool, hand to on a silver platter, hand truck, hand-walk, handwarmer

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Example sentences from the Web for hand-to-mouth

There followed three similar years of a hand-to-mouth existence, the privations of which he endured in silence.
David Dunne|Belle Kanaris Maniates
You see, it is very difficult to get the hand-to-mouth class interested in anything except those two organs.
The Ivory Gate, a new edition|Walter Besant
Hand-to-mouth legislation has always been the characteristic of our rule in South Africa.
Cetywayo and his White Neighbours|H. Rider Haggard
But we humans do not have to be content with this hand-to-mouth way of thinking and feeling.
By the Christmas Fire|Samuel McChord Crothers

During all this hand-to-mouth existence I was calling on theatrical managers.
The Secrets of a Savoyard|Henry A. Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for hand-to-mouth

hand-to-mouth

adjective, adverb

with barely enough money or food to satisfy immediate needsa hand-to-mouth existence

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单词	hand-to-mouth
释义	hand-to-mouth [ hand-tuh-mouth ] / ˈhænd təˈmaʊθ / adjective offering or providing the barest livelihood, sustenance, or support; meager; precarious: a hand-to-mouth existence. Origin of hand-to-mouth First recorded in1500–10 Words nearby hand-to-mouth hands up, handsy, hand-tailor, hand tight, hand-to-hand, hand-to-mouth, hand tool, hand to on a silver platter, hand truck, hand-walk, handwarmer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hand-to-mouth There followed three similar years of a hand-to-mouth existence, the privations of which he endured in silence. David Dunne\|Belle Kanaris Maniates You see, it is very difficult to get the hand-to-mouth class interested in anything except those two organs. The Ivory Gate, a new edition\|Walter Besant Hand-to-mouth legislation has always been the characteristic of our rule in South Africa. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours\|H. Rider Haggard But we humans do not have to be content with this hand-to-mouth way of thinking and feeling. By the Christmas Fire\|Samuel McChord Crothers During all this hand-to-mouth existence I was calling on theatrical managers. The Secrets of a Savoyard\|Henry A. Lytton British Dictionary definitions for hand-to-mouth hand-to-mouth adjective, adverb with barely enough money or food to satisfy immediate needsa hand-to-mouth existence Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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