live from hand to mouth
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Emotionally, financially, her vulnerable heroines live from hand to mouth.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2016
We cannot live from hand to mouth and from month to month in this world of change and turmoil.
From Time Magazine Archive
Were it not for long-term contracts in the auto industry, for example, countless auto suppliers would live from hand to mouth, not knowing from one day to the next if they could continue operating.
From Time Magazine Archive
“We live from hand to mouth, as you can see...there is no wealth here, such as your goods might have brought.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
The master—the employer—had nothing to fear at such times, he fattened on his dividends, if indeed he did not speculate on the wretchedness around; but the wage-earner was reduced to live from hand to mouth.
From The Conquest of Bread by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin, Prince
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