on a shoestring

English

Prepositional phrase

on a shoestring

(idiomatic) On a very tight budget; with few resources or little money.
The first year after we bought the house, we lived on a shoestring, but we survived.

Translations

on a very tight budget

French: avec des bouts de ficelle

Hungarian: fillérekből, kis költségvetésből

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