on a shoestring

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Prepositional phrase

on a shoestring

1. (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

• Finnish: vähin varoin
• French: avec des bouts de ficelle
• Hungarian: fillérekből, kis költségvetésből
• Polish: budżetowo (pl)
• Russian: на мели́ (ru) (na melí)