Living from day to day, without any provision for the future; live on substandard living conditions

After a decade on which thousands of industrial jobs disappeared, many area workers face a bitter choice: stay put and live hand-to-mouth, or migrate

Dopo dieci anni in cui sono scomparsi migliaia di posti nell'industria della regione, molti lavoratori locali sono di fronte ad una scelta difficile: rimanere e vivere alla giornata o emigrare

My grandfather always tells me that during the war they lived from hand to mouth, and it was a big feast whenever they could have bread and potatoes to eat

Mio nonno mi racconta sempre che in tempo di guerra facevano la fame tirando a campare, ed era festa grande quando potevano mangiare pane e fichi

After being fired, Mr. Brown and his family had to live a hand-to-mouth existence until he found a new job

Dopo essere stato licenziato, il sig. Brown e sua la famiglia si sono dovuti arrangiare e vivere alla giornata fino a quando non ha trovato un nuovo lavoro

In 1856, Great Britain experienced a failure of grain crops. Food was often so scarce that as soon as a person had some food in his hands, he would shove it into his mouth to be sure no one would snatch it away