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
Vaughn[van]
Esperanzaes-pe-RAHN-thah (Spanish), es-pe-RAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Fedotfye-DOT, fee-DOTRussian
Aldina (2)-Bosnian
Avag-Armenian
Yishmeray-Biblical Hebrew