live from hand to mouth

live from hand to mouth

Life, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú K ǒ UD ù R ì, meaning barely to maintain life, pass the day. It comes from the history of Liang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Liang Shi, a historical review of the Five Dynasties: "but since I was a child, I sat in a study and didn't know much about other life, so I had to make a living by teaching. What can I do for it?"

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; used in spoken English