live from hand to mouth

Fig. to live in poor circumstances. When both my parents were out of work, we lived from hand to mouth. We lived from hand to mouth during the war. Things were very difficult.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Flower	FLOW-ər	English (Rare)
EibhlÍN	ie-LEEN, IE-leen, EV-leen, EV-e-leen, AYV-leen	Irish
Latisha	lə-TISH-ə, lə-TEESH-ə	African American
Theodoulos	-	Ancient Greek
NergİS	-	Turkish
Selma	SEL-mə (English), ZEL-mah (German)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic