2017 · Q18
Which one of the following prepositions may be used in the blank space in the sentence, “He lived a hand _________________ mouth existence, surviving on just a few rupees a week”?
General EnglishVocabulary
- Ain
- Bto
- Cfor
- Dinside
Explanation
The fixed idiom is hand to mouth, describing a precarious existence with barely enough to survive. The preposition is invariably to; hand in mouth, hand for mouth, and hand inside mouth are not idioms. Hence To (B) is correct.