Meaning of on a shoestring | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

On a very tight budget; with few resources or little money.

idiomatic

Français avec des bouts de ficelle

Italiano fare le nozze coi fichi secchi

Polski budżetowo

Русский на мели́

“The first year after we bought the house, we lived on a shoestring, but we survived.”

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.