| 释义 |
cut your coat according to your cloth cut (one's) coat according to (one's) clothTo shop or act in accordance with one's financial limitations. You'll go bankrupt unless you start cutting your coat according to your cloth.See also: accord, cloth, coat, cutcut your coat according to your cloth undertake only what you have the money or ability to do and no more. proverbSee also: accord, cloth, coat, cutˌcut your ˈcoat acˌcording to your ˈcloth (saying) do only what you have enough money to do and no more: This has not been a good year for us financially, and we must be prepared to cut our coat according to our cloth.See also: accord, cloth, coat, cut |