Meaning of hand to mouth in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Adverb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Adverb

    hand to mouth

    Definitions

    1. with barely enough money for immediate needs

    Examples

    • « they lived form hand to mouth »

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  • « I'm very unstable there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on a bus or on the road hand to mouth and you don't know where your money's coming from. »
    James Taylor

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