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    [Adjective]  | "hand-to-mouth" | \ ˈhan(d)-tə-ˈmau̇th \


    1: having or providing nothing to spare beyond basic necessities


    Origin: 1748 ;

    [Adjective]  | "hand-to-mouth" 


    1: less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable;


      * e.g., " ... survived on a hand-to-mouth income that came from any odd job that he could find "





     [ "hand-to-mouth" ]

    1: Satisfying only one's immediate needs because of lack of money.

      * e.g.,  ... We were nearly broke at that time, and living hand-to-mouth. 

     [ "hand to mouth" ]

    1: having nothing, or close to nothing.

      * e.g.,  ... many people in the inner city live hand-to-mouth lives. 

     [ "hand-mouth dyslexic" ]

    1: Noun: One who has hand-mouth dyslexia.

      * e.g.,  ...  Sam can't say a number and hold up the correct number of fingers at the same because he's hand-mouth dyslexic. 


     [ "hand-mouth dyslexic" ]

    2: Adjective: Being in a state of having hand-mouth dyslexia.

      * e.g.,  ...  Sam can't say a number and hold up the correct number of fingers at the same because he's a hand-mouth dyslexic. 

     [ "hand-mouth dyslexia" ]

    1: noun: A condition in which one attempts to both say a number and visually represent it with one's fingers, yet the numbers are almost always accidentally unequal.

      * e.g.,  ... Samuel said, "Seeya at five," but only held up two fingers because he has hand-mouth dyslexia. 

     [ "hand to mouth disease" ]

    1: Another nickname for obesity.

      * e.g.,  ... I have a case of hand to mouth disease and am fat. 

     [ "Right Hand Mouth" ]

    1: An obsequious (suck up) loud mouthed assistant, who serves no observable purpose other than to vociferously agree with and support whatever idea the boss has come up with.

      * e.g.,  ... "That Bob is Mister Big's right hand mouth." 

     [ "Hmmmmmm *hand on mouth*" ]

    1: When something seems to be a bit too weird, abnormal, but still quite interesting.

      * e.g.,  ... "Wow, Ethan why is there a nigger in the front of the bus?" - "I am not sure. Hmmmmmm *hand on mouth* " 

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