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词汇 tighten-belt
释义

tighten your belt


idiom
C2
to spend less money than you did before because you have less money: 勒紧裤带,省吃俭用
I've had to tighten my belt since I stopped working full-time.自从我停止全职工作以来,就不得不勒紧裤带过日子。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Budgeting money
balance
budget
budget something for something
budgetary
couponing
cut back
defund
draw/pull in your hornsidiom
economize
economy
make ends meetidiom
on a shoestringidiom
pinch
pocket
put/lay something on/to one sideidiom
save (something) up
save on something
scrimp
set someone against someone
skimp

tighten your belt | American Dictionary


tighten your belt


idiom
to spend less money:
Many small businesses are tightening their belts because of the slow economy.

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