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hand-to-mouth
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Princeton's WordNet
hand-to-mouth(a)adverb
providing only bare essentials
"a hand-to-mouth existence"
hand to mouthadverb
with barely enough money for immediate needs
"they lived form hand to mouth"
Wiktionary
hand-to-mouthadjective
having barely enough to survive, being close to poverty
Etymology: from the idiomatic phrase live from hand to mouth
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hand-to-mouth
Hand-to-mouth is a phrase used to describe a situation in which an individual, family, or group lives with only minimal or barely sufficient financial resources, often struggling to meet basic needs such as food and shelter. They may exist on a very low income or rely on irregular income sources, leaving little or no money for emergencies or savings. The term implies a struggle for subsistence and suggests a precarious, day-to-day existence.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hand-to-mouth in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hand-to-mouth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of hand-to-mouth in a Sentence
He who lives on hand to mouth situation should stay away from financial share market .Only high heeled make money.
We live from hand to mouth, and we have for a long time now.
Most of the people that live in the slums live hand to mouth and in a day, they get paid maybe $ 3 David Avido dollars, they aren't able to buy hand sanitizer or a mask while at the same time trying to buy food for their family.
They are living hand to mouth.
These girls thought [Hansen] had connections, so obviously, they felt under pressure because they thought this was their chance to make it, [Elizabeth] had a hand-to-mouth existence. She never really had a definite job… She was dependent on friends, boyfriends, people she got picked up by for a meal or just a place for the night.
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