Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “live (from) hand to mouth” and its meaning is “to have only a small amount of money to survive”.
Example Sentence: I was a single mum, absolutely skint (destitute or poverty-stricken) and living hand to mouth, even after I started working as a trainee reporter for the Southend Echo, following 18 long months of looking for a job.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article No one who has experienced food poverty would stand by and let it spread like this and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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