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To live within one's means, without spending more than is affordable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
ayağını yorğanına görə uzatmaq
— to live within one's means
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Chinese Cantonese:
量力而行
(loeng6 lik6 ji4 hang4)
— to live within one's means
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Chinese Mandarin:
量力而行
(liànglì'érxíng)
— to live within one's means
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Finnish:
elää suu säkkiä myöten
— to live within one's means
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Georgian:
ჭამა ქონებაზე ჰკიდიაო
(č̣ama konebaze hḳidiao)
— to live within one's means
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German:
sich nach der Decke strecken
— to live within one's means
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Icelandic:
sníða sér stakk eftir vexti
— to live within one's means
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Italian:
fare il passo secondo la gamba
— to live within one's means
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Kazakh:
көрпеңе қарай көсіл
(körpeñe qarai kösıl)
— to live within one's means
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Latin:
pes sic tendatur ne lodix protereatur
— to live within one's means
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Malay:
ukur baju di badan sendiri
— to live within one's means
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Russian:
по одёжке протя́гивай но́жки
(po odjóžke protjágivaj nóžki)
— to live within one's means
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Swedish:
rätta mun efter matsäcken
— to live within one's means
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Urdu:
جتنی چادر دیکھو اتنے پاؤں پھیلاؤ
(jitnī cādar dekho utne pāū̃ phailāo)
— to live within one's means
