Tighten your belt
To spend less money
Examples
Why dont you tighten your belt a little?
那你平時幹嘛不勒緊褲腰帶呢?
But Lackner says consumption will eventually go up again; you can only tighten your belt so much.
但萊科那說消耗最終會再次上漲,你只有儘可能地勒緊腰帶。
You may need to cut back on unnecessary costs and tighten your belt a bit, but you』ll be able to spend and invest more freely when you finally nail a regular job.
你也許需要削減一些不必要的開支勒緊點你的褲帶。 當你找到了一份穩定的工作的時候你就可以自由的消費和投資了。
During hard economic times , you must tighten your belt.
經濟艱困時, 你非勒緊褲帶不可。
Anyway you should tighten your belt and cut down on those unnecessary items.
總之你應該節約一點不買那些不必要的東西。
Whatever happens tomorrow, we've had today.
不管明天會發生什麼,我們還有今天。
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