cut your coat according to your cloth
成語所屬單字cloth
cut your coat according to your cloth — 慣用語
1. To spend only as much money as you have and avoid spending beyond your means.
1.慣用語
釋義
量入為出；量力而為
To spend only as much money as you have and avoid spending beyond your means.
例句
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.