mouth to feed

mouth to feed

A person, usually a child, for whose care one is responsible. The last thing I need is another mouth to feed. I can barely take care of myself!
See also: feed, mouth
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • see what I care
  • take care of
  • take care of (someone or something)
  • take care of someone
  • take care of yourself/somebody/something
  • see if I care
  • See if I care!
  • like I care
  • without a care in the world
  • SIIC
References in classic literature
Babies were unwelcome, the man received them with surly anger, the mother with despair; it was one more mouth to feed, and there was little enough wherewith to feed those already there.
Of Human Bondage
For a week or two after Wendy came it was doubtful whether they would be able to keep her, as she was another mouth to feed. Mr.
The Adventures of Peter Pan
It would be very easy to ruin me; we must be very careful; more saving than ever, with another mouth to feed. Only we--we mustn't let her lose her good looks, Peg, because I like to see 'em.'
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
It presented a gloomy picture of prevalent attitudes that continue to devalue girls, seeing them as a burden on the family, or just another mouth to feed. In the report, Edhi Foundation stated that 90pc of the children who are left at their homes are girls.
The missing girls
And they freely admit accepting the payment is simply unaffordable for most, particularly with a new mouth to feed.
Care split is way to go after baby; VOICE OF THE
Jane, a mother-ofthree from Golcar, said Laura had been keen to help with the rescue effort but without specific skills "thought she was just another mouth to feed".
Nepal quake survivor Laura flies in today
1 Is MigrationWatch relieved that Tian Tian, the Edinburgh Zoo panda, lost its baby as it's one less foreign mouth to feed? 2 The Plymouth lollipop man who quit after being censured for high fiving kids.
5And so to the big questions of the week
With a third mouth to feed, Sadie has to take over her mother's new cleaning job.
Glines, Abbi. Breathe: A Sea Breeze Novel
It's what's got to be done; I'm the last mouth to feed.
JOBLESS DAD SAYS HIS IS THE LAST MOUTH TO FEED
I've got another mouth to feed now, so I've got to start fighting regularly and winning.
James motivated for fight on Sky
My understanding of love in this context would be to change a policy of contraceptive denial, which is both irrelevant and dangerous to your flock, and instead give them permission to express their love for each other without producing yet another mouth to feed.
Pope is out of touch; YourSay
But when Robin and her pups also came into the centre, we thought we would see if she would accept an extra mouth to feed, and were thrilled that she welcomed Ivy without hesitation.
Room for one more? New mother Robin takes lonely pup under her wing
Jack's not too happy either to have another mouth to feed. Amy goes along with Ste's plan to tell everyone Leah has leukaemia, but it doesn't work.
tv & soaps: hollyoaks
Young Rudy leaves home in search of work, or at least hoping to give his family one fewer mouth to feed. He rides the rails as a hobo puts in backbreaking effort, and finds that the kindness of strangers goes a long way.
Rudy Rides the Rails
Mothers and children are often the most vulnerable, as many husbands and fathers abandon their family responsibilities when the going gets really tough (for example, when there is another mouth to feed).
Poorest of the poor