hand to mouth

See also: hand-to-mouth

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hand to mouth (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of hand-to-mouth

Adverb

hand to mouth (not comparable)

1. In a hand-to-mouth manner.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     Hundreds of thousands of Syrians shelter beneath UN canvas in Jordan. In the irrigated fields of As Safi, these refugees survive hand to mouth, picking tomatoes for $11 a day.

   • 2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:

     "Meanwhile, we are sitting here starving. Let's not beat about the bush - we are absolutely living hand to mouth now on TfL.

References

• “hand to mouth”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.