live off (of) (one's) (own) hump
live off (of) (one's) (own) hump
obsolete To be self-sufficient by using only one's own resources. An allusion to camels, whose humps store large deposits of fat that allow them to survive for long periods without eating. He decided to cut his children off from his money and let them live off their own humps for once. After high school, I gathered up all the money I'd been saving, moved out of my parents' house, and set out to live off of my hump for the first time in my life.
See also: hump, live, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- live on (one's) (own) hump
- live on your hump
- beat (one) to the draw
- game is not worth the candle, the
- hand on the baton
- baton
- (as) poor as a Job's turkey
- end game
- even Homer (sometimes) nods
- homer