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

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from hand to mouth


see hand to mouth.

Words nearby from hand to mouth

Frome, Fromentin, fromenty, from first to last, from hand to hand, from hand to mouth, from head to toe, Fromm, from Missouri, I'm, from pillar to post, from rags to riches

Idioms and Phrases with from hand to mouth (2 of 2)

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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]

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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