hand-to-mouth
adjective/ˌhænd tə ˈmaʊθ/
/ˌhænd tə ˈmaʊθ/
[usually before noun]Idioms - if you have a hand-to-mouth life, you spend all the money you earn on basic needs such as food and do not have anything left
仅够糊口的；勉强维持生计的 Oxford Collocations DictionaryHand-to-mouth is used with these nouns:- existence
Idioms
live (from) hand to mouth
- to spend all the money you earn on basic needs such as food without being able to save any money
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