live on a shoestring
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live on a shoestring
To live within a very tight or limited financial budget. We were living on a shoestring for a while after our baby was born, but, luckily, I got a promotion, and our situation has improved a bit.
See also: live, on, shoestring
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
- on a shoestring
- shoestring
- get along on a shoestring
- get by 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
- hold tight
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