1. He lived from hand to mouth making instant resolves every time he opened his mail. BNC
2. Ministerially the king lived from hand to mouth, on occasions with a double ministry of foreign affairs. BNC
3. Financial support is perhaps the most accessible to documentation, although even this is not always clear, especially for the great majority of the population who did not codify their financial support for kin through wills and settlements, simply because they lived from hand to mouth. BNC