cut your coat according to your cloth
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cut your coat according to your cloth — idiom
1. To spend only as much money as you have and avoid spending beyond your means.
1.idiom
Definition
To spend only as much money as you have and avoid spending beyond your means.
Example
With the pay cut, we had to cut our coat according to our cloth and cancel the holiday.
The company learned to cut its coat according to its cloth after the recession hit profits.