cut (your) coat according to (your) cloth

to only buy what you have enough money to pay for.

Of course we'd love a huge expensive house, but you have to cut your coat according to your cloth.

• what will become of something
• What you don't know won't hurt .
• What you don't know won't hurt you.
• wheel and deal
• wheeler-dealer
• wheel has come full circle.
• wheel has turned full circle.
• wheeling and dealing
• wheels are turning
• when all is said and done
• when back is turned
• when hell freezes over
• When in Rome .
• When in Rome do as the Romans do.
• when it comes to the crunch
• when push comes to shove
• when ship comes in
• when someone's back is turned
• when someone sneezes, someone catches a cold
• when someone sneezes, something catches a cold
• when someone was a mere twinkle in father's eye
• when someone was a mere twinkle in their father's eye
• when someone was a twinkle in father's eye
• when someone was a twinkle in their father's eye
• when something sneezes, someone catches a cold