Live from hand to mouth
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 8To be extremely poor, having only enough money to provide food and shelter
रोज़ कुआँ खोदना, रोज़ पानी पीना
He lived from hand to mouth for seven years and finished the degree.
To live from hand to mouth is survival and not living.
Daily use: Hand to mouth guzara ho raha tha.
जितना hand में आता है, उतना सीधा mouth में जाता है और ख़त्म। बचाने को कुछ नहीं बचता। Live from hand to mouth यानी बस इतना कि भोजन और छत का जुगाड़ हो पाए।
Whatever comes into the hand goes straight into the mouth, and it is finished. Nothing is left over to save. To live from hand to mouth is to have only just enough money for food and shelter.
बार-बार पूछा गया: answer 'बहुत ग़रीबी में, बस भोजन और छत भर का गुज़ारा' है; subsistence और destitution related हैं, live in luxury opposite है।
Frequently asked: the answer is 'to be very poor, with just enough for food and shelter'; subsistence and destitution are related, while live in luxury is the opposite.