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1 cut your coat according to your cloth
syn: stretch your legs according to the coverlet≅ по своєму ліжку простягай ніжку по достаткам ноги простягай по одежі ноги простягай waste not, want notEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > cut your coat according to your cloth
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2 put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > put your hand no further than your sleeve will reach
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3 stretch your legs according to the coverlet
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > stretch your legs according to the coverlet
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4 they that have got good store of butter may lay it thick on their bread
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > they that have got good store of butter may lay it thick on their bread
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5 _економія; заощадливість
both poverty and prosperity come from spending money – prosperity from spending it wisely buy what you do not need and you will soon need what you cannot buy cheap goods always prove expensive cut your coat according to your cloth a dollar saved is a dollar earned many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths penny wise and pound foolish spare when you are young and spend when you are old take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves thrift is a great revenue thrift is to a man what chastity is to a woman too late to spare when all is spent waste not, want not who spends before he thinks, will beg before he diesEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _економія; заощадливість
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6 waste not, want not
var: waste makes wantsyn: who spends more than he should, shall not have to spend when he wouldне будь марнотратним, не будеш терпіти злидніEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > waste not, want not
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cut your coat according to your cloth — phrase to not spend more money than you have Thesaurus: to save money, or to be careful with moneyhyponym to buy somethingsynonym Main entry: cut * * * proverb undertake only what you have the money or ability … Useful english dictionary
cut your coat according to your cloth — cut (your) coat according to (your) cloth to only buy what you have enough money to pay for. Of course we d love a huge expensive house, but you have to cut your coat according to your cloth … New idioms dictionary
cut your coat according to cloth — cut (your) coat according to (your) cloth to only buy what you have enough money to pay for. Of course we d love a huge expensive house, but you have to cut your coat according to your cloth … New idioms dictionary
cut coat according to your cloth — cut (your) coat according to (your) cloth to only buy what you have enough money to pay for. Of course we d love a huge expensive house, but you have to cut your coat according to your cloth … New idioms dictionary
cut coat according to cloth — cut (your) coat according to (your) cloth to only buy what you have enough money to pay for. Of course we d love a huge expensive house, but you have to cut your coat according to your cloth … New idioms dictionary
cut from the same cloth — If people are cut from the same cloth, they are very similar in terms of ideas, opinions, beliefs, etc … The small dictionary of idiomes
cut your coat according to your cloth — If you cut your coat according to your cloth, you only buy things that you have sufficient money to pay for … The small dictionary of idiomes