Betekenis van:
hand-to-mouth

hand-to-mouth
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • providing only bare essentials
    "a hand-to-mouth existence"

    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. Live from hand to mouth.
    2. She is living from hand to mouth.
    3. She is living hand-to-mouth.
    4. Tom lives from hand to mouth.
    5. That poor family lives from hand to mouth every month.
    6. He put his hand to his mouth and coughed.
    7. He lives hand to mouth and never saves a cent.
    8. Those homeless people are living hand-to-mouth.
    9. He was then living from hand to mouth.
    10. He used to be well off and generous, but now he lives from hand to mouth.
    11. Refugees in that camp have been living from hand to mouth for a month.