hand-to-mouth existence
Example Sentences
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"But he threw it in the water because he was fed up with how we are treated. We are living a hand-to-mouth existence and never given a chance."
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2020
Restless handheld cinematography and brisk, sometimes almost breathless editing, give a sense of the exhausting rhythm of Nico’s hand-to-mouth existence and the superhuman juggling act required to muster the charisma that used to come naturally.
From The Guardian • May 11, 2020
Locked down for two months in crumbling apartments in a mob-infiltrated town north of Naples, their hand-to-mouth existence has grown even more precarious with no work, no food and no hope.
From Washington Times • May 2, 2020
Even so, life as a professional string quartet has been a hand-to-mouth existence.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2020
During all this hand-to-mouth existence I was calling on theatrical managers.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.
