Meaning of cut one's cloth to suit one's purse | Babel Free

Definitions

To settle for less when money or resources are limited.

idiomatic

Examples

“A super-educated fish whose purpose seems bent on humiliating us? Or does he cut his cloth to suit-his purse, becoming choosy when the occasion allows, returning to catholic tastes when times are harder?”

“If I had to go back then I would but I “cut my cloth to suit my purse” as my mum would have said and adjust to what I need and not fritter money away.”

“We have just got to cut our cloth to suit the purse.”

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