καταχηρεύειν τὸν βίον

From LSJ

ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse)

pass one's life in widowhood