Idiom
cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
Meaning
To settle for less when money or resources are limited.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We must cut our cloth to suit our purse this month.”
“Since the company budget was reduced, we had to cut our cloth to suit our purse and cancel the event.”
“Faced with a sudden decline in their family fortune, they were forced to cut their cloth to suit their purse and move into a much smaller home.”
Examples
simple
“We must cut our cloth to suit our purse this month.”
contextual
“Since the company budget was reduced, we had to cut our cloth to suit our purse and cancel the event.”
complex
“Faced with a sudden decline in their family fortune, they were forced to cut their cloth to suit their purse and move into a much smaller home.”
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