get by on a shoestring
get by on a shoestring
To live within a very tight or limited financial budget. We were getting by on a shoestring for a while after our baby was born, but our situation improved a bit after I got a promotion in work.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get along on a shoestring
- shoestring
- live on a shoestring
- on a shoestring
- tight
- tight with a pound
- tight as the bark on a tree
- worm out of (something or some place)
- hold on tight
- a tight corner