Examples of use of (from) hand to mouth
1. There are, today, a sliver under two million homeless Darfurians still living (from) hand to mouth in camps.
2. I am taken by a handful of Afghan women whom I have encountered, who live (from) hand to mouth but even then have a strong sense of hope.
3. Clean water and electricity are virtually non–existent in much of the south, which has had no investments or business in decades to generate jobs for its people, most of whom live (from) hand to mouth.
4. "Clean water and electricity are virtually nonexistent in much of the south, which has had no investments or business in decades to generate jobs for its people, the majority of whom live (from) hand to mouth," he added.
5. Or is the making of a dream like the telling of a story by a storyteller who works (from) hand to mouth – from event to event, almost from word to word, as the story goes on?