"hand to mouth" 怎么发音
expression
HAND-tuh-MOWTH
HAND-too-MOWTH
释义
Living with just enough money or resources to survive, with nothing extra or saved for the future.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈhænd/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈmaʊθ
英式英语
hˈænd/ /tˈuː/ /mʌʊθ
简化发音
美式
HAND-tuh-MOWTH
英式
HAND-too-MOWTH
语境中听
Many families in the village live hand to mouth.
He earns so little that he's always hand to mouth.
After losing her job, she started living hand to mouth.
It's hard to save when you're living hand to mouth every month.