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Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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(from) hand to mouth — satisfying only one s immediate needs because of lack of money. → hand … English new terms dictionary
from hand to mouth — ► (from) hand to mouth satisfying only one s immediate needs because of lack of money. Main Entry: ↑hand … English terms dictionary
From Hand to Mouth — Infobox Film name = From Hand to Mouth image size = caption = director = Alfred J. Goulding Hal Roach producer = Hal Roach writer = Harold Lloyd (uncredited) H.M. Walker narrator = starring = Harold Lloyd music = cinematography = editing =… … Wikipedia
from hand to mouth — phrasal : with provision sufficient only for present needs : precariously always poor and living from hand to mouth vagrants who live happily from hand to mouth Brooks Atkinson … Useful english dictionary
from hand to mouth — See: LIVE FROM HAND TO MOUTH … Dictionary of American idioms
from hand to mouth — See: LIVE FROM HAND TO MOUTH … Dictionary of American idioms
from hand to mouth — poor, spending every cent on necessities They lived from hand to mouth, never enjoying luxury or travel … English idioms
To live from hand to mouth — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
from hand to mouth — financial hardship, getting by financially from day to day, poverty … English contemporary dictionary
live from hand to mouth — {v. phr.} To live on little money and spend it as fast as it comes in; live without saving for the future; have just enough. * /Mr. Johnson got very little pay, and the family lived from hand to mouth when he had no job./ * /These Indians live… … Dictionary of American idioms
