中英互译
from hand to mouth
美 /frəm hænd tu maʊθ/
基本释义
- 勉强维持生计，只有足够维持生活所需的钱，没有多余的：指在经济上只能勉强满足基本生活需求，没有多余的财力。
双语例句
- I have a wife and two children and we live from hand to mouth on what I earn.我有妻子和两个孩子，我们靠我挣的钱勉强糊口。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- They can only live from hand to mouth.他们的日子是只能糊口。
- When I had no job last winter, I had to live from hand to mouth.去年冬天没找到工作，我不得不过着勉强糊口的生活。
网络短语
- live from hand to mouth勉强糊口；勉强度日；收入勉强糊口；紧能满足眼前的需要
- living from hand to mouth忧柴忧米；朝不虑夕
- lives from hand to mouth仅能糊口
- lived from hand to mouth糊口度日