live hand to mouth



live (from) hand to mouth

to have just enough money to live on and nothing extra My father earned very little and there were four of us kids so we lived from hand to mouth.
See also: hand, live, mouth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kristjan-Estonian, Slovene
DulfDULFLimburgish
Ratnam-Indian, Telugu
LutherLOO-thərEnglish
Apollonia-Ancient Greek, Italian
&Aelig;&Eth;Elwine-Anglo-Saxon