Both Uses of
hand-to-mouth
in
Of Human Bondage
- He knew besides that the Athelnys lived from hand to mouth, and with their large family had neither space nor money to entertain a stranger.†
Chpt 101-102 *
- The people who dwelt here lived from hand to mouth.†
Chpt 113-114
Definition:
a subsistence level of poverty such that all resources are needed just to survive and none are left to save or invest for the future