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hand to mouth, from

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from hand to mouth

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Idioms and Phrases

With only the bare essentials, existing precariously. For example, After she lost her job she was living from hand to mouth . This expression alludes to eating immediately whatever is at hand. [c. 1500]
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Example Sentences

I'm confoundedly tired of Speckport, and this from-hand-to-mouth life.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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