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
Mikkel	MEEK-kel (Danish, Norwegian), MEEG-gel (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian
Mirella	mee-REL-lah	Italian
StanisŁAw	stah-NEE-swahf	Polish
Zavanna	zə-VAN-ə	English (Rare)
Orlanda	or-LAHN-dah	Italian
Bevis	BEE-vis	English (Rare)