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J-Dizzle Posted 20 years ago
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live from hand to mouth

Hi everybody, does "live from hand to mouth" mean really really poor?

Or can it mean spending lots of money while earning lots of money and not have savings?

Thx~~~:)
  

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It's being very poor. " With only the bare essentials, existing precariously. For example, After she lost her job she was living from hand to mouth .

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  • It's being very poor.
  • " With only the bare essentials, existing precariously.
  • For example, After she lost her job she was living from hand to mouth .
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It's being very poor.
" 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."
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J-DizzleHi everybody, does "live from hand to mouth" mean really really poor?

Or can it mean spending lots of money while earning lots of money and not have savings?

Thx~~~:)
A phrase to describe this is "living paycheck to paycheck", but I don't think it's used to refer to people who ma
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