英语词汇hand to mouth的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

hand to mouth. One of the earliest uses of this phrase best explains it: “Hungry folkes that are fed from hand to mouth.” The expression arose in the 16th century, when famines in which thousands of people starved to death were frequent for the first time in England, usually occurring with the failure of grain crops. People living under such conditions had no choice but to cram a piece of bread into their mouths as soon as they got it in their hands, so great was their hunger; there was no thought or possibility of saving for the future. Later, a hand to mouth existence came to describe a life of poverty in general, and even a thriftless, improvident life.

词汇	hand to mouth
词源	hand to mouth. One of the earliest uses of this phrase best explains it: “Hungry folkes that are fed from hand to mouth.” The expression arose in the 16th century, when famines in which thousands of people starved to death were frequent for the first time in England, usually occurring with the failure of grain crops. People living under such conditions had no choice but to cram a piece of bread into their mouths as soon as they got it in their hands, so great was their hunger; there was no thought or possibility of saving for the future. Later, a hand to mouth existence came to describe a life of poverty in general, and even a thriftless, improvident life.
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