cut one's coat according to one's cloth

English

Alternative forms

cut the coat according to the cloth

Pronunciation

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Verb

cut one 's coat according to one 's cloth

(idiomatic) To live within one's means, without spending more than is affordable.

Translations

to live within one's means

Chinese:
Cantonese: 量力而行 (loeng⁶ lik⁶ ji⁴ hang⁴)

Mandarin: 量力而行 (zh) (liànglì'érxíng)
Finnish: elää suu säkkiä myöten
Georgian: ჭამა ქონებაზე ჰკიდიაო (č̣ama konebaze hḳidiao)

Icelandic: sníða sér stakk eftir vexti
Italian: fare il passo secondo la gamba
Kazakh: көрпеңе қарай көсіл (körpeñe qaray kösil)
Latin: pes sic tendatur ne lodix protereatur
Malay: ukur baju di badan sendiri
Russian: по одёжке протя́гивай но́жки (po odjóžke protjágivaj nóžki)

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