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Idioms: from hand to mouth -- from the frying pan into the fire

Idiom	Meaning	Example
from hand to mouth	poor, spending every cent on necessities	They lived from hand to mouth, never enjoying luxury or travel.
from hunger	poor quality, poor taste, the pits	Tanya can sing, but her hair style is strictly from hunger.
from pillar to post	from one problem to another	After getting fired, he went from pillar to post - more bad luck.
from rags to riches	from poverty to wealth, from bum to millionaire	She went from rags to riches when she gambled in Vegas.
from scratch	(See start from scratch)
from soup to nuts	(See everything from soup to nuts)
from square one	(See back to square one)
from stem to stern	from top to bottom, from head to tail	The '64 250 GTO was Enzo's masterpiece: Ferrari from stem to stern!
from the bottom of my heart	sincerely, with deep feeling	For your kindness, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
from the frying pan into the fire	from bad to worse	I went from farming to fishing - from the frying pan into the fire!