hand to mouth

== English == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === hand to mouth (not comparable) Alternative form of hand-to-mouth. === Adverb === hand to mouth (not comparable) In a hand-to-mouth manner. 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1] 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. === References === “hand to mouth”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.