Übersetzungen für „hand-to-mouth“ im Englisch » Polnisch-Wörterbuch

I . hand-to-mouth ADJ

hand-to-mouth existence, lifestyle:

hand-to-mouth

od pierwszego do pierwszego

II . hand-to-mouth ADV

to live from hand-to-mouth

żyć od pierwszego do pierwszego

Beispielsätze für hand-to-mouth

to live from hand-to-mouth

żyć od pierwszego do pierwszego

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Englisch

For three years or so, the family lived hand-to-mouth on the earnings form the cabins, plus the occasional sale of a painting.

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It was a hand-to-mouth situation for quite a while for the first few years.

www.mybusiness.com.au

He lived a hand-to-mouth existence, never knowing where he would spend the next night.

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Some refrain from serving chicken, as their scratching and pecking for food is unlucky, being an idiom for a hand-to-mouth existence.

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They live hand-to-mouth, always just a step or two ahead of destitution, and their interpersonal relationships are unorthodox and shocking by the standards of their society and times.

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Poor hand-to-mouth households, by contrast, typically have incomes of $21,000 and no assets.

money.cnn.com

Through the depression he lived hand-to-mouth as a traveling salesman.

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Hopefully, our role will not always be a hand-to-mouth exercise.

www.scoop.co.nz

The station operated largely hand-to-mouth for its first decade on the air.

en.wikipedia.org

The current reality for female cyclists, however, is a hand-to-mouth existence compared to their male counterparts as teams, and races, struggle to make ends meet.

www.bbc.co.uk