hand-to-mouth



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hand-to-mouth

Having, providing, or characterized by the bare minimum of money, food, or resources to survive, with little or nothing else to spare. I enjoy being a college student, but I'm so sick of this hand-to-mouth lifestyle.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SigrÚN-Ancient Scandinavian, Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Chichi-Western African, Igbo
CarletonKAHRL-tənEnglish
BrÁS-Portuguese
OskarAWS-kahr (German, Polish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish
FlaithrÍ-Irish