mouth to feed

phrase

: a person (such as a child) who needs to be fed

They can't afford another child. They already have too many (hungry) mouths to feed.

Examples of mouth to feed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In times of scarcity, when another mouth to feed means ruin for the poor, two children working together may be a revolutionary act. — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

With another mouth to feed at home, going pro became a necessity to support her. — Jacob Louraine, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026

What will Maeve think of having one more mouth to feed? — Grace Byron, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025

Even families with two parents struggled and often could not afford another mouth to feed. — Kali Nicole Gross / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024

While Rantz was still a teen, his father and stepmother, viewing him as one extra mouth to feed, abandoned him at the start of the Great Depression. — Stuart Miller, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024

Every mouth to feed, quite literally, comes with two hands to grow. — Andrew Follett, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024

He is resented by Brother Nacho (Kinan Valdez), the most hot-tempered among them, for being another mouth to feed. — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023

Isher’s in-laws resented having another mouth to feed, and he was often mistreated and given little to eat. — New York Times, 23 June 2021

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