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
AxelAHK-sel (German)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German
Constantinkon-stahn-TEEN (Romanian), kawn-stawn-TEN (French)Romanian, French
Yannick-Breton, French
DravenDRAY-venPopular Culture
Helmold-Ancient Germanic
HumbertHUWM-bert (German), um-BER (French), HUM-bərt (English)German, French, English (Rare), Ancient Germanic