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From Hand to Mouth is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. This was the first film Lloyd made with frequent co-star (and future wife) Mildred Davis. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute.
Usage examples of "from hand to mouth".
He was simply living from hand to mouth, and but for good luck he would have had to go hungry, and perhaps have been obliged to sleep out doors.
They lived, as it were, from hand to mouth, never having a dollar to spare.
The majority of them were living from hand to mouth on rented land, in small, one-room log cabins, and attempting to pay a rate of interest on their advances that ranged from fifteen to forty per cent per annum.
Gollum watched every morsel from hand to mouth, like an expectant dog by a diner's chair.
Living from hand to mouth, never certain of his berth from one month's end to another.
After a while, you stop wanting to live from hand to mouth, day to day, game to game, and you begin wanting to ensure that the remainder of your days are secure.