Sekirov Dictionary

cut one's cloth to suit one's purse

verb1

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To settle for less when money or resources are limited.
- 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. — 2018

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cutting one's cloth to suit one's purse · cuts one's cloth to suit one's purse

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