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hand to mouth, from
hand to mouth, from
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]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Marlene | | mahr-LE-nə (German), MAHR-leen (English) | German, English |
| Anthony | | AN-thə-nee, AN-tə-nee | English |
| Waleria | | vah-LER-yah | Polish |
| Hodel | | - | Yiddish |
| Mahthildis | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Rahman | | - | Arabic, Persian, Indonesian, Malay |