Смысл: shoestringshoestring1.[ʹʃu:͵strıŋ]n <Í> 1. = shoelace 2. амер.разг.небольшая сумма денег on a shoestring - на скудные средства to start a business on a shoestring - начать дело без капитала to run up from a shoestring - разбогатеть, начав с малого ♢to walk on one's shoestrings - амер.впасть в нищету to tie one's own shoestrings - амер.а) заботиться о своих собственных делах; б) быть абсолютно независимым Í> 2.[ʹʃu:͵strıŋ]a <Í> 1. длинный и узкий shoestring tie - галстук-верёвочка 2. скудный shoestring budget - очень ограниченный бюджет shoestring majority - незначительное большинство Í>
shoestring Идиома
on a shoestring
on a very low budget, with little money to spend We went to China and Japan on a shoestring and enjoyed it very much.
get along on a shoestring
Idiom(s): get along (on a shoestring)
Theme: POORNESS
to be able to afford to live on very little money. • For the last two years, we have had to get along on a shoestring. • With so little money, it's hard to get along.
Shoestring
If you do something on a shoestring, you try to spend the absolute minimum amount of money possible on it.
on a shoestring|on|shoestring
adv. phr. With little money to spend; on a very low budget. The couple was seeing Europe on a shoestring.
shoestring catch|catch|shoestring
n. A catch of a hit baseball just before it hits the ground. The left fielder made a shoestring catch of a line drive to end the inning.
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