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žít z ruky do huby

/[ʒiːt zrukɪ do ɦubɪ]/
Czechphrase

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to live paycheck to paycheck, to live hand-to-mouth, to make just enough (money, etc.) to survive
    • […] inflační finanční politika, jež přinutila prosté lidi žít z ruky do huby, protože ušetřit už nebylo na čem a nebylo také nač, se táhla po generace a vytvořila psychologickou atmosféru, kdy jít bojovat za Říši se nikomu z občanů nechtělo.

      […] inflation politics which forced common people to live paycheck to paycheck stretched along generations and created a psychological atmosphere in which no citizen wanted to go and fight for the Reich.

Etymology

Literally, “to live from hand to mouth”, suggesting that one eats all the food that comes into one's hands immediately.

Forms

  • žít z ruky do ústalternative

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