live hand-to-mouth
жить очень бедно, "перебиваться с хлеба на квас"
After her husband's death Silvia was living a hand-to-mouth existence.
Другие идиомы:
- shake hands with (someone)
- have clean hands
- hand down a decision
- shake hands on (something)
- at hand
- have one's hand in the till
- lay one's hands on (someone or something)
- hold (someone's) hand
- in good hands
- by the handful
- high-handed
- throw one's hands up in horror
- keep one's hand in (something)
- put one's hands on (something)
- give (someone) a big hand