1·I have a wife and two children and we live from hand to mouth on what I earn.
我有妻子和两个孩子，我们靠我挣的钱勉强糊口。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·They can only live from hand to mouth.
他们的日子是只能糊口。
3·He lived from hand to mouth at that time.
那时他只能勉强过活。
4·He has no property, and is living from hand to mouth.
他没有财产，生活仅够糊口。
5·Here am I living from hand to mouth-a needy adventure.
我这里只能勉强糊口—当一个一贫如洗的 冒险者 。
6·During the famine people just lived from hand to mouth.
在饥荒时期，人们过得勉强维持生计的生活。
7·When I had no job last winter, I had to live from hand to mouth.
去年冬天没找到工作，我不得不过着勉强糊口的生活。
8·Don't spend too much money. We are just living from hand to mouth.
不要花太多的钱了，我们现在仅够糊口的。
9·In the past, many of the, were underpaid and lived from hand to mouth.
过去，他们许多人工资低微，吃了上顿忙下顿。
10·This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth.
与富人相反的则是仅能糊口的人。