单词 | hand-to-mouth |
释义 | hand-to-mouthˌhand-to-ˈmouth adjectiveadj POORif you have a hand-to-mouth existence, you have just enough money and food to live 勉强糊口的,只够糊口的 Examples from the Corpus hand-to-mouth• Therefore, in the bleak aftermath of war, he lived a hand-to-mouth existence in the less attractive areas of London.• As always, this winter most labourers will live a hand-to-mouth existence until the grapes are ready for thinning in late August.• Alice thought it sounded a hand-to-mouth existence. |
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