hand-to-mouth

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhand-to-mouthˌhand-to-ˈmouth adjective POORif you have a hand-to-mouth existence, you have just enough money and food to liveExamples from the Corpushand-to-mouth• Therefore, in the bleak aftermath of war, he lived a hand-to-mouth existence in the less attractive areas of London.• As always, this winter most labourers will live a hand-to-mouth existence until the grapes are ready for thinning in late August.• Alice thought it sounded a hand-to-mouth existence.

单词	hand-to-mouth
释义	hand-to-mouth From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhand-to-mouthˌhand-to-ˈmouth adjective POORif you have a hand-to-mouth existence, you have just enough money and food to liveExamples from the Corpushand-to-mouth• Therefore, in the bleak aftermath of war, he lived a hand-to-mouth existence in the less attractive areas of London.• As always, this winter most labourers will live a hand-to-mouth existence until the grapes are ready for thinning in late August.• Alice thought it sounded a hand-to-mouth existence.
随便看	cut the mustard cut the umbilical cord cut things fine cut throat cut throat razor cut through cut through something cut to length cut to size cut to the bone cut to the bone cut to the chase cut to the quick cut to the quick cut up cut with cut your coat according to your cloth cut your finger etc cut your finger/knee/hand etc cut your hand etc cut your knee etc cut your losses cut your own throat cut your teeth cut your teeth (on something)