tighten one's belt

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tighten one's belt 的定义

  1. Spend less, be more frugal, as in Business has been bad, so we'll have to tighten our belts. This metaphoric term alludes to pulling in one's belt after losing weight from not having enough to eat. [First half of 1900s]

tighten one's belt 近义词

tighten one's belt

等同于 scrimp

tighten one's belt

等同于 skimp

tighten one's belt

等同于 economize

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  3. Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
  4. The fear of violence should not determine what one does or does not say.
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  8. There was a rumor that Alessandro and his father had both died; but no one knew anything certainly.
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