We often hear people say "living from hand to mouth" and there's this notion that reference is been made to strictly the poor.We tend to restrict the meaning to the less privileged and indigent.

Surprisingly, the category of people who fall in this group are not only the poor as the saying has more of an attitudinal connotation .The group of people below fall into the category of individuals who live from hand to mouth.

1.The Indigent

These are people who live in abject poverty and can barely feed themselves.They have no regular source of income as they depend on handouts from sympathizers.They are more concerned with meeting their immediate needs which is food and shelter and once that is met,they are fulfilled .

2.Low income earners

People who earn meagre salary can also be described as those who live from hand to mouth because of their inability to save after expenses have been incurred on transportation,feeding and accommodation and there's little or nothing left for keeps.They look forward to the following month and the trend continues that way.

However, there are exceptions as not every low income earner fall in this category. Some low incomers have
monthly savings and utilize their salary judiciously.

3.Some high income earners

There are high income earners whose salaries are in six to seven digits and spend lavishly and frivolously on feeding, accomodation, designer wears, automobiles and the likes.These group of people have no savings as a chunk of their income is spent on consumables rather than investing and in the event of a job loss or salary cut,they find it difficult to adjust.