英语词汇“hand-to-mouth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hand-to-mouth

also hand to mouth

adjective

A hand-to-mouth existence is a way of life in which you have hardly enough food or money to live on.

The worst-paid live a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits.

Synonyms: insecure, uncertain, unsettled, unsure

Hand-to-mouth is also an adverb.

...penniless students living hand-to-mouth.

Idioms:

hand-to-mouth

if someone is acting in a hand-to-mouth way, they do not plan ahead, but decide what to do from day to day

Unless a government sets its course from the start, it is doomed to spend the rest of its term in hand-to-mouth improvising.

Translations:

Chinese: 勉强糊口的

Japanese: その日暮らしの

单词	hand-to-mouth
释义	hand-to-mouth also hand to mouth adjective A hand-to-mouth existence is a way of life in which you have hardly enough food or money to live on. The worst-paid live a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits. Synonyms: insecure, uncertain, unsettled, unsure Hand-to-mouth is also an adverb. ...penniless students living hand-to-mouth. Idioms: hand-to-mouth if someone is acting in a hand-to-mouth way, they do not plan ahead, but decide what to do from day to day Unless a government sets its course from the start, it is doomed to spend the rest of its term in hand-to-mouth improvising. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 勉强糊口的 Japanese: その日暮らしの
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