live from hand to mouth

verb

Roget 640: be insufficient etc. adj.; not suffice etc. 639; come short of etc. 304; run dry.    want, lack, need, require; caret; be in want etc. (poor) 804, live from hand to mouth.    render insufficient etc. Adj.; drain of resources, impoverish etc. (waste) 638; stint etc. (begrudge) 819; put on short allowance.    do insufficiently etc. adv.; scotch the snake.    ... show more

Roget 674: be unprepared etc. adj.; want preparation, lack preparation; lie fallow; s'embarquer sans biscuits [Fr.]; live from hand to mouth.    [Render unprepared] dismantle etc. (render useless) 645; undress etc. 226.    extemporize, improvise, ad lib.    ... show more

Roget 804: be poor etc. adj.; want, lack, starve, live from hand to mouth, have seen better days, go down in the world, come upon the parish; go to the dogs, go to wrack and ruin; not have a penny etc. (money) 800, not have a shot in one's locker; beg one's bread; tirer le diable par la queue [Fr.]; run into debt etc. (debt) 806.    render poor etc. adj.; impoverish; reduce, reduce to poverty; pauperize, fleece, ruin, bring to the parish.    ... show more

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