Those homeless people are living hand-to-mouth.
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Hand-to-mouth
Synonyms for "hand-to-mouth"
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Translations
12 translations across 11 languages.
Czech
1 entries- z ruky do huby adj (Translations)
Dutch
1 entries- van dag tot dag adj (Translations)
Estonian
1 entries- peost suhu elada adj (Translations)
Finnish
1 entries- (elää) kädestä suuhun adj (Translations)
French
1 entries- au jour le jour adj (Translations)
German
1 entries- von der Hand in den Mund (leben) adj (Translations)
Irish
1 entries- ón lámh go dtí an béal adj (Translations)
Latvian
1 entries- (dzīvot) no rokas mutē adj (Translations)
Livonian
1 entries- pivst sūzõ jellõ adj (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- z dnia na dzień adj (Translations)
Spanish
2 entries- a salto de mata adj (Translations)
- al dia adj (Translations)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I'm sick of this hand-to-mouth existence.
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She is living hand-to-mouth.
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Tom is living hand-to-mouth.
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