Definition of hand to mouth in English:
hand to mouth
adverb
In a way that satisfies only one's immediate needs, because of lack of money with which to make provision for the future.
- ‘they have been living from hand to mouth for three years now’
adjective
Satisfying only one's immediate needs, because of lack of money with which to make provision for the future.
- ‘a hand-to-mouth existence’
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