Английский словарь американских идиом - hand-to-mouth
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Hand-to-mouth
hand-to-mouth
{adj.} Not providing for the future; living from day to day; not saving for later. * /Many native tribes lead a hand-to-mouth existence, content to have food for one day at a time./ * /John is not a saving boy; he spends his money without thought for the future, and lives a hand-to-mouth life./ See: LIVE FROM HAND TO MOUTH.
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1.
~ adv with only just enough money and food to live and nothing for the future (living hand to mouth) - hand-to-mouth adj (a hand-to-mouth existence) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
A hand-to-mouth existence is a way of life in which you have hardly enough food or money to live on. The worst-paid live a hand-to-mouth existence without medical or other benefits. ADJ • Hand-to-mouth is also an adverb. ...penniless students living hand-to-mouth. ADV: ADV after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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1. скудный, еле-еле достаточный; плохо обеспеченный a hand-to-mouth existence —- нищенское существование, жизнь впроголодь a hand-to-mouth salary —- нищенское жалованье 2. эк. весьма ограниченный, без резервов 3. недальновидный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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