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hand-to-mouth

/hænd tə maʊθ/
Main Example

They live a hand-to-mouth existence, struggling to pay their bills.

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Grammatical Info:
Adjective (adj.)

Living with very little money and only enough to meet immediate needs.

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hand-to-mouth

/hænd tə maʊθ/
Main Example

His hand-to-mouth lifestyle makes it hard to save for the future.

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Noun (n.)

A situation where someone has just enough money to survive day by day.

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hand-to-mouth

/hænd tə maʊθ/
Main Example

They manage to get by hand-to-mouth each month.

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Grammatical Info:
Adverb (adv.)

In a way that describes living from one payment to the next without savings.

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