英语词汇“to cut one's cloth according to one's calling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to cut one's cloth according to one's calling

45. to cut the coat according to the cloth: to adapt oneself to circumstances, keep within the limits of one's means (see cloth n. 10). So also †to cut one's cloth according to one's calling.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > spend money sparingly [verb (intransitive)] > live within one's means

to cut one's cloth according to one's calling1546

to hold or bring (bare) buckle and thong together1600

to cut and contrive1854

to make buckle and tongue meet1859

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. viii. sig. C I shall Cut my cote after my cloth.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxviii. 241 To teach them how they should cut their coates.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll4/2 Keepe your selfe right, and even, cut your cloth Sir, According to your calling.

1867 Homeward Mail 16 Nov. 953/2 Times are changed, and..we must, to use the homely metaphor, ‘cut our coat according to our cloth’.

extracted from cutv.

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单词	to cut one's cloth according to one's calling
释义	> as lemmas to cut one's cloth according to one's calling 45. to cut the coat according to the cloth: to adapt oneself to circumstances, keep within the limits of one's means (see cloth n. 10). So also †to cut one's cloth according to one's calling. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > spend money sparingly [verb (intransitive)] > live within one's means to cut one's cloth according to one's calling1546 to hold or bring (bare) buckle and thong together1600 to cut and contrive1854 to make buckle and tongue meet1859 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. viii. sig. C I shall Cut my cote after my cloth. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxviii. 241 To teach them how they should cut their coates. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll4/2 Keepe your selfe right, and even, cut your cloth Sir, According to your calling. 1867 Homeward Mail 16 Nov. 953/2 Times are changed, and..we must, to use the homely metaphor, ‘cut our coat according to our cloth’. extracted from cutv. < as lemmas
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