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hand_to_mouth

hand to mouth

See also: hand-to-mouth

English

Adjective

hand to mouth (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of hand-to-mouth
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
      Hundreds of thousands of Syrians shelter beneath UN canvas in Jordan. In the irrigated fields of As Safi, these refugees survive hand to mouth, picking tomatoes for $11 a day.