(from) hand to mouth

With just the bare minimum of money, food, or resources to survive, with little or nothing else to spare. (Usually preceded by "live.") It's been pretty hand to mouth these days. If I don't find work soon, I don't know how we'll get by. With another child on the way, it looks like we'll be living from hand to mouth for the foreseeable future.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
&Aelig;&Eth;Elm&Aelig;R	-	Anglo-Saxon
Graciano	grah-THYAH-no (Spanish), grah-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish), grə-SYA-noo (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Shavonne	shə-VAWN (English)	Irish, English
Nou	-	Hmong
Uranus	yuw-RAY-nəs (English), YUWR-ən-əs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Terrance	TER-ənts	English