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.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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