hand to mouth

English - Turkish

Definition of hand to mouth in English Turkish dictionary: yoksul; karnını zor doyuran; kıt kanaat geçinen; kıt kanaat geçinerek; müsrif; geleni anında harcayarak; savurgan; (deyim) Karın tokluğuna; karnını zor doyuran; yoksul; kıt kanaat geçinen

English - English

Definition of hand to mouth in English English dictionary: with barely enough money for immediate needs; "they lived form hand to mouth"; with barely enough money for immediate needs; "they lived form hand to mouth; with barely enough for daily needs, with nothing to spare; having barely enough to survive, being close to poverty
She has been a widow these six or eight years, and has lived, I imagine, in rather a hand-to-mouth fashion.; (deyim) Having or providing only the bare essentials
A hand-to-mouth existence.; providing only bare essentials; "a hand-to-mouth existence"; {s} having barely enough for daily needs, having nothing to spare, providing only the necessities; precarious; 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. Hand-to-mouth is also an adverb. penniless students living hand-to-mouth. if you have a hand-to-mouth existence, you have only just enough money and food to live

hand to mouth

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Hand to mouth

händ tı mauth

/ˈhand tə ˈmouᴛʜ/ /ˈhænd tə ˈmaʊθ/

[ 'hand ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German hant hand.

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