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Hand to mouth

🇬🇭 Ghana Slang
Added Aug 10, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Hand to mouth definition 1

Daily survival/No savings (Day by day living)

"We dey live hand to mouth (We're surviving day by day)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Hand to mouth definition 2

Daily survival/No savings (Living day by day)

"We living hand to mouth! (We're living day by day!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇬🇭 Ghana
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Hand to mouth 🇱🇷 Liberia

Daily survival/No savings (Living day by day)

"We living hand to mouth! (We're living day by day!)"
Bad mouth 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Bad mouth (Foul-mouthed)

"Your bad mouth go put you for trouble (Your foul mouth will get you in trouble)"

🇬🇭 About Ghana Slang

Ghanaian slang reflects the country's diverse ethnic tapestry. Akan, Ewe, and Ga languages fuse with English to create Pidgin expressions and Afrobeats-influenced street terms.

KASINARY has 1934 Ghana slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Ghana slang (1934 words)

🌍 "Hand to mouth" Across Africa

This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Hand to mouth 🇱🇷 Liberia

Daily survival/No savings (Living day by day)

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