trim your sails

trim (one's) sails

1. To adapt oneself to new or altered circumstances. Following the attack, many politicians trimmed their sails and adopted a more aggressive stance on military action.2. To spend less money; to decrease one's expenses. Our rent is much higher, so we've had to trim our sails a bit, but we love living in this area.See also: sail, trim

trim your sails

make changes to suit your new circumstances. Literally, trim a sail means ‘adjust the sail of a boat to take advantage of the wind’.See also: sail, trim

ˌtrim your ˈsails

1 arrange the sails of a boat to suit the wind so that the boat moves faster
2 reduce your costs: Increasingly, businesses are having to trim their sails in order to survive.See also: sail, trim

单词	trim your sails
释义	trim your sails trim (one's) sails 1. To adapt oneself to new or altered circumstances. Following the attack, many politicians trimmed their sails and adopted a more aggressive stance on military action.2. To spend less money; to decrease one's expenses. Our rent is much higher, so we've had to trim our sails a bit, but we love living in this area.See also: sail, trim trim your sails make changes to suit your new circumstances. Literally, trim a sail means ‘adjust the sail of a boat to take advantage of the wind’.See also: sail, trim ˌtrim your ˈsails 1 arrange the sails of a boat to suit the wind so that the boat moves faster 2 reduce your costs: Increasingly, businesses are having to trim their sails in order to survive.See also: sail, trim
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