cut one's cloth to suit one's purse

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To settle for less when money or resources are limited. idiomatic
    — A super-educated fish whose purpose seems bent on humiliating us? Or does he cut his cloth to suit-his purse, becoming choosy when the occasion allows, returning to catholic tastes when times are harder?

词形变化

cuts one's cloth to suit one's purse present,singular,third-person cutting one's cloth to suit one's purse participle,present cut one's cloth to suit one's purse participle,past cut one's cloth to suit one's purse past
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