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With only the bare essentials, existing precariously. For example, After she lost her job she was living from hand to mouth . This expression alludes to eating immediately whatever is at hand. [c. 1500]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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