hand-to-mouth

1. ADJ A hand-to-mouth existence is a way of life in which you have hardly enough food or money to live on. 勉強(qiáng)糊口的

Unloved and uncared-for, they live a meaningless hand to mouth existence. 沒人疼愛也沒人照顧，他們過著一種毫無意義、勉強(qiáng)糊口的日子。

2. ADV Hand to mouth is also an adverb. 勉強(qiáng)糊口地[ADV after v]

I just can't live hand to mouth, it's too frightening. 我就是不能過勉強(qiáng)糊口的日子，這太可怕了。